การพึ่งพาตนเองของวิสาหกิจชุมชนกลุ่มแปรรูปผลิตภัณฑ์อาหารในจังหวัดสิงห์บุรี

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to ; 1) explore operational condition of food processing community enterprises in Sing Buri province ; 2) analyse a level of self–reliance of the food processing community enterprises ; 3) analyse problems encountered in self–reliance of the food processing community enterprises. This study employed mixed method of exploratory sequential design type. Focus group discussion was conducted with 51 community enterprises groups. One personal responsible for community enterprises operation of each district was interviewed (six districts). Besides, an interview schedule was used to collect quantitative data conducted with 343 committee members and members of the community enterprises.

Results of the study revealed that most of the committee member and members of the community enterprises were female, 53.68 years old on average, elementary school graduates and farmers. They had an annual household income, agricultured income and non-agricultured income for 162,361.51 ; 160,987.65 and 90,409.83 bath on average, respectively. Besides, they perceived data or information about community enterprises through agricultural extension workers. According to the community enterprises operation, as a whole, the following were found : 1) personnel of the community enterprises were mostly local people and mainly engaged in agricultural ; 2) regarding budgets, the president mostly used his own money but there were stock mobilisation and support from both public and private agencies ; 3) materials and equipment mostly belonged to its members whereas concerned public agencies supported plastic bag and sticker ; and 4) most of the community enterprises had planning, responsibility sharing, goal setting and direction in community enterprises operation to achive the goals as set.

With regards to self–reliance of the community enterprises, it was found at a high level in terms of nateral resources. This was followed by mental, social, economic and tecnological aspects, respectively. According to a hierachical regression analysis, 2 veriables were found to have and effect on self–reliance of the community enterprises with a statistical significance level (α = 0.05). These were experiance in joining a group member and atlitude of the members towards the community enterprises. These factors had a positive effect on self–reliance of the community enterprises. That was, the community enterprises having members long experience on group joining and good attitude had a better self–reliance then those having difference from this.

The following were problems encountered : finance, managerial administration, climate and marketing.