Abstract
An Assessment of Social Return on Investment Comparing Agroforestry System to Monocropping System in Uttaradit Province Thailand
Highlights
Uttaradit is a province located in northern Thailand
Community enterprises that have run their business with the adoption of the sufficiency economy theory have created social impacts which were interpreted to financial values as cost savings
Stage 1: Indicate the boundaries for the study (Delimitation) which was Moo no. 6 in Ban Dan Nakham Subdistrict, Muang Uttaradit, Uttaradit Province; and give the definition for agroforestry and monocropping practices as follows: Durian farming in the agroforestry system is the practice of having durian trees planted among the indigenous trees which is comprised of 3 vertical layers with 50 percent of the indigenous trees, 30 percent of Long Laplae durian, and 20 percent of the forest floor or at the ratio of 50: 30: 20
Summary
Uttaradit is a province located in northern Thailand. It is characterized by 3 types of topography: alluvial plains, valley and wavy slope plains, as well as highlands and mountains. Because of the high returns, farmers in Laplae District have increasingly planted more durians in monocropping systems, resulting in cutting down other trees such langsat trees since the prices of langsat fruits have been only 10-15 baht a kilo. The farmers of Rayong Province, which have bought land in the high plains areas in Ban Dan Na Khan Subdistrict and planted durian in a monocrop system have become wealthier. This was a significant incident which caused other farmers to change their farming practices from the agroforestry to monocropping approach. The results of this study could be publicized to benefit other scholars around the world that are interested in this field of research
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