Thailand Science Research and Innovation Vol. 12 No. 6 November – December 2020 E-ISSN 2408-1752
Managing Water Shortages for Agriculture During a Dry Season by Article No. 256330 Community Participation in Ban Thung Hang and Ban Mae Jok Fah, Lampang Province Dararat Thatrak, Wachira Lawpradit and Watcharee Tapyotin
Community Participation in the Solutions to Recurrent Flooding and Article No. 256331 Water Shortages of Banchan Village, Kalasin Province Chuthamat Chiamsathit, Siriporn Janya and Phadungsak Khumyos
Development of Community Agricultural Tourism by Multilateral Article No. 256332 Organization in Wang Yang Community, Suphan Buri Province Thong Khamkerd, Palarak Chaiyo, Piengruthai Sangiemsilp, Jittraporn Therawat, Uthumporn Rueangrit and Phornthip Chuayphen
Creation and Elevation of Pot Rests: Southerners’ Local Wisdom to Article No. 256333 Decorative Products of Khanap Nak Sub-District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province Prachya Kritsanaphan and Rungrawee Jitpakdee
Development of Small Halal Food Processing Enterprises in Three Article No. 256334 Southern Border Provinces to Enhance Food Safety Jariya Sukjuntra, Kamontip Kanpairo, Suteera Srisuk and Kuenchan Na-Nakorn
Area Based Development Research Journal.2020;12(6) Article No. 256330 http://abcjournal.trf.or.th/
Managing Water Shortages for Agriculture During a Dry Season by Community Participation in Ban Thung Hang and Ban Mae Jok Fah, Lampang Province
Dararat Thatrak1,* Wachira Lawpradit1 and Watcharee Tapyotin2 1Faculty of Business Administration and Liberal Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna Lampang, Muang District, Lampang Province, 52000 Thailand 2Faculty of Science and Agricultural Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna Lampang, Muang District, Lampang Province, 52000 Thailand *Corresponding author’s Email: [email protected] Received: 23 May 2020 Received in revised form: 15 September 2020 Accepted: 22 September 2020
Abstract The community of Ban Thung Hang and Ban Mae Jok Fah, Thung Phueng sub-district, Chae Hom district, Lampang province suffer from insufficient water for farming in a dry season. This research has the objective to develop a model for managing water shortages for agriculture in a dry season of both villages. The research conducted in September 2018 to January 2020 involves the communities in solving the problem by joint planning, analyzing the shortages and exploring the area for water path details, water resource maps, community maps, coordinates and altitude above sea level. The solution to the problem is building weirs to store water for use in a dry season. The result of the operation is 1) a weir built in Ban Thung Hang and three in Ban Mae Jok Fah. A suitable construction for the context of Ban Thung Hang is a hand stucco weir with a water gate and a semi-permanent stucco weir for Ban Mae Jok Fah. The amount of water stored in Ban Thung Hang Weir is 248 cubic meters, and each of the three weirs of Ban Mae Jok Fah holds approximately 71.25 cubic meters of water. 2) Network partners are formed in the area. In conclusion, community members have learned, identified the problem, helped each other in problem- solving and mutually developed a sense of ownership of upstream forest resources, which creates a drive to find solutions to the water shortage problem for agriculture with the participation of the community.
Keywords: Lampang province, Stucco weir, Water shortage, Upstream forest, Dry season
Area Based Development Research Journal.2020;12(6) Article No. 256331 http://abcjournal.trf.or.th/
Community Participation in the Solutions to Recurrent Flooding and Water Shortages of Banchan Village, Kalasin Province
Chuthamat Chiamsathit*, Siriporn Janya and Phadungsak Khumyos Faculty of Science and Health Technology, Kalasin University, Namon District, Kalasin Province, 46230 Thailand Corresponding author’s Email: [email protected] Received: 30 May 2020 Received in revised form: 21 September 2020 Accepted: 23 September 2020
Abstract The research aims to propose solutions to recurrent flooding and water shortages by using community participation of Banchan village, Non Na Chan sub-district, Na Khu district, Kalasin province. A participatory approach to the problem has been taken from March 2019 to January 2020. Tools of this qualitative research are observation, field notes, group discussion, informal discussion, individual and community questionnaires of water usage, local mapping, and a community forum to return the information. The research outcome shows that the flooding solutions are to expand and conserve the forest areas, to build temporary check dams upstream, and to dredge the Lam Huai Khum and Nong Mae Kaeng in order to increase the retaining capacity. The drought solutions are the rehabilitation of two weirs and building a concrete weir in the upstream of the Lam Huai Khum. The study result reveals that the people have exchanged knowledge and taken part in selecting the water management committees for their village. They have also participated in decision making, processing and evaluating. From the survey participation, the people have discovered a suitable area for water retention and identified the need to repair two important damaged weirs to mitigate the interval and spatial problems of flood and drought. In conclusion, the effective solutions are found to solve the problems by community participation and concerned organizations.
Keywords: Kalasin province, Banchan village, Community participation, Recurrent flooding, Water shortages