TITLE:
Network Construction Food Security of Local Fishing Community in Thailand
AUTHORS:
Supanut Subnawin, Anurak Singchai
KEYWORDS:
Network, Food Security, Local Fishing Group
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.12 No.2,
February
28,
2024
ABSTRACT: The objectives of this research are 1) to study the process of creating a
security of food community network for local fishing community in Thailand and
2) to study network management in order to create food security in local
fishing community in Thailand. The research is a case study using a qualitative
research method using the depth-interview as a tool, and the data was collected
from the Fish Raft Community Enterprise Group in Phetchaburi, Thailand. The
researcher used purposive sampling method as a criterion for selecting key informants who were 1 head of
local fishing group, 40 representatives of local fishing group, and 3
representatives from related government agency which were Phetchaburi
Provincial Community Development Office, Provincial Fishery Office and
Sub-district Administrative Organization. The results of the study found that
the process of creating the security of food network for local fishing
community in Thailand can be divided to 2 phases. First phase included a study
from the model community forming into groups to create food security in the
community. Second phase was the operation in accordance with the community
objectives including campaigning against inappropriate and illegal fishing,
planning and promoting the management of natural resources in the community to
generate income, and economic conservation of animals. Managing the network to
create food security in the local fishing community in Thailand found that
local fishing community had made agreements together to organize network
structures, define roles and responsibilities for the members, and establish
rules for the network community to be functional.