VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE RICE MILL OF BAN HUADONG, TAMBON PHRASAO, MAHACHANACHAI DISTRICT, YASOTHON PROVINCE

Abstract

This research was to study the context of the group to study current problems and guidelines for increasing product value and to study the value-adding process of Ban Huadong, Tambon Phrasao, Mahachanachai District, Yasothon. From voluntary group members of 20 by collecting data on research; study documents and in-depth interview methodology, interviewing key informants. The result found that 1) the most village group members had income from rice farming, animal husbandry, farming, members of the group are were people. 2) Current conditions and problems of rice mill groups is the price of rice falling, the group sold less rice. Members lacked product processing skills, rice milling machines that lacked quality or reduced quality and no distribution channels for manufactured products and solutions to problems. The members had proposed guidelines for solving problems by transforming rice into rice cakes to increase income for members of the group. 3) The process of increasing the value of rice mill products, members proposed to do rice processing to rice crackers. The group saw that rice processing to a rice cracker was easy to make and could use materials in the community and it could be stored for a long time and be able to generate more income for the group.