The Development of Banana Rope Product as the Standard of the Quality of the Local Products in the Area of Ban Khao Subdistrict, Ranot District, Songkhla Province.

Abstract

The purposes of this study were : 1) to develop banana rope products. 2) to assess
the development of banana rope products as the standard of community products.The mixed methods research is used for this study as follows : (1) focus group discussion and study information from relevant research and theory as a secondary data, (2) develop the curriculum of banana rope products, (3) the workshop training on the curriculum of development of banana rope products and (4) the assessment of the development of banana rope products as the standard of community products. The samples were 25 villagers living in the area of Ban Khao subdistrict. The purposive sampling is used for this study.
The research results showed that :
1) The output of the development of banana rope products in the area of Ban Khao
subdistrict, Ranod district, Songkhla province. Got 30 - hour course of banana rope
development curriculum that used in the workshop training. The participants can develop 5 types of banana rope products, they are hats, square shape bags, round shape bags, utensils with covers and shoulder bags. The overview of the satisfaction assessment of participants in the workshop training and the result of the assessment is at a high level (𝑥̅= 4.16, SD = 0.51 )
2) The assessment result of banana rope products in the area of Ban Khao subdistrict, Ranod district, Songkhla province as the standard of community products found that the overall is at a high level ( 𝑥̅= 2.40 ) . When considering the type of banana rope products, it was found that shoulder bags have their assessment result as the standard of community products is at the highest level ( 𝑥̅ = 2.48).