Author(s)

Supanut Subnawin, Anurak Singchai

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Phetchaburi Rajabhat University, Phetchaburi, Thailand.

The objectives of this research are 1) to study the process of creating a security of food community network for local fishing community in Thailand and 2) to study network management in order to create food security in local fishing community in Thailand. The research is a case study using a qualitative research method using the depth-interview as a tool, and the data was collected from the Fish Raft Community Enterprise Group in Phetchaburi, Thailand. The researcher used purposive sampling method as a criterion for selecting key informants who were 1 head of local fishing group, 40 representatives of local fishing group, and 3 representatives from related government agency which were Phetchaburi Provincial Community Development Office, Provincial Fishery Office and Sub-district Administrative Organization. The results of the study found that the process of creating the security of food network for local fishing community in Thailand can be divided to 2 phases. First phase included a study from the model community forming into groups to create food security in the community. Second phase was the operation in accordance with the community objectives including campaigning against inappropriate and illegal fishing, planning and promoting the management of natural resources in the community to generate income, and economic conservation of animals. Managing the network to create food security in the local fishing community in Thailand found that local fishing community had made agreements together to organize network structures, define roles and responsibilities for the members, and establish rules for the network community to be functional.

Network, Food Security, Local Fishing Group

Subnawin, S. and Singchai, A. (2024) Network Construction Food Security of Local Fishing Community in Thailand. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 12, 449-460. doi: 10.4236/jss.2024.122026.