People Participation under the Generated Income from Forestation Project, Loei Province

Abstract

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to investigate the socio–economic characteristics, general information, participation levels, and factors affecting people participation under the generated income from forestation Project, Loei Province. This study tools were interviewed by using the designed questionnaires and collected 291 householders respondents. Using stratified random sampling method and statistical analysis were t-test and F-test with the given significant level at 0.05

            The results of this study found that 51.20 percent of the respondents were female at the most, and their average age 51.33 years old. They mostly graduated at the primary school, 42.30 percent. Their averaged household income 86,995 baht/year, and averaged household expensed 82,745 baht/year. An average household members was 4 persons. An average size of land holding was 30.46 rais. Most of the respondents was social group member being, 76.30 percent and depended on forest resource for household used only, 91.80 percent. They received information about forest resource conservation, 64.90 percent and had training experienced in forest resource conservation, 52.92 percent. They had knowledge about forest resource conservation at the high level. People participation in this project had the generated income from forestation Project at medium level with an average score 3.19. Factors affecting people participation under the generated income from forestation Project, Loei Province were household income, social group member being, received information about forest resource conservation, had training experienced in forest resource conservation and had knowledge about forest resource conservation.