The research focuses on the applications of local good governance (LGG) in decentralized commune development planning in Cambodia. The main objectives are to study the institutional framework and mechanism of LGG application in CDPs; to examine the applications of LGG in the implementation of CDPs; to gain the perception and satisfaction of CCs members and local people on the application of LGGs in the CDPs; to analyze facilitating and constraining factors in the application of LGG in CDPs and to suggest recommendations to strengthen LGG performance for effective implementation of...

The rapid development of aquaculture sector has contributed significantly to the Vietnams economy. However, it also caused negative impacts to the environment as well as the degrees of the benefits received by aquaculture farmers. The Government of Vietnam promotes the bottom-up planning approach where farmers participation is organized as an alternative for the top-down planning to ensure benefits to the farmers. This study focused on the issue of farmers participation in an aquaculture development project. The main objectives were to describe the institutional framework for farmers...

The broad objective of this research is to examine that how sufficiency economy approach (SEA) can enhance community economic development (CED) and livelihoods in the current development context of Thailand. The specific objectives include an examination of the application of SEA in activities of CED; an assessment of changes and attitudes of rural household livelihoods; a construction of SEA indicators; and an identification of factors explaining SEA in the implementation of activities of CED in order to provide policy implications to support the implementation of SEA. This...

This research aimed to analyze and develop an alternative strategy on participatory agricultural development for small farmers in Thailand.The research concluded that the farmer's network functioned effectively to develop small farmers in several aspects.The network acted as local development agent enhancing the promotion of sustainable farming and supporting development activities. It has been utilized as the effective communication and learning mechanism to support farmers in participatory learning and communication process on development activities. The operation of the network was...