Village Chiang Mai : Social and Economic Conditions of Rural Population in Northern Thailand / Abha Sirivongs Na Ayuthaya, Suthep soontornpasuch, Friedrick W. Fuhs
Imprint
Bangkok : Chulalongkorn University/Social Science Research Institute, 1975
Descript
362 pages
SUMMARY
Reviews the Chieng Mai Regional context and presents the functional village communities in San Kam Paeng district. Studies community population, occupation, education, household structure, marriage and family, daily life of a farmer, community and leadership, and village associations. Describes land holding and pattern of land inheritance. Surveys farm production, noting crops, water supply, seed, fertilizers, farm labor force, the process of crop production, rice yield, and livestock. Analyzes non-farm and off-farm enterprises, the market process, finance, investments, farm income and expenditure, composition of non-farm income labor utilization, and socio economic types of farms. [TAIC]