Author : Thera Kowprasit

Summary : This study was conducted to find out: (1) how people participate in the community Forestry Development Project; (2) what the people's attitudes toward and expectations of the projects are; and (3) the factors (socioeconomic-demographic, physiological, physical, and administrative) that relate significantly to people's participation in the project. The data were gathered from 180 respondents in 6 CFD Projects in Nakhon Ratchasima, Northeast Thailand through the use of a structured interview schedule. The general findings were described by frequency count percentages, means and standard deviation while the chi-square and Paerson product-moment correlation were employed to determine the relationship between variables under study. The results showed that most of the respondents participated in the CFD Porjects. Particularly in implementation, the respondents had "high" participation in decision making but "low" participation in implementation. Educational attainment, family income, size of farm, land tenure status, occupation, benefit expectations, attitudes toward the personnel characteristics, accomplishment of the project, distance from house/village to the project area, technical assistance, and extension services were significantly related with the respondent participation in decision making. On the hand, attitudes toward the objectives of the project, personnel characteristics, accessibility approach, technical assistance and extension services were significantly related with the respondents' participation in implementation.