Integration and Technology Transfer of Economic Timber Planting, Quality Local Products in a Degraded Area: A Case Study of Community Enterprises in Lower Central Region

Abstract

This article aims to present the model of integration and technology transfer of economic timber planting, quality local products in a degraded area: a case study of community enterprises in Lower Central Region in order to create guidelines for development of an integrated model and technology transfer to more efficient, mixed methods of quantitative and qualitative research were used. The quantitative sample group consisted of 400 farmers who grew cash crops and developed local products by multistage sampling. There were 65 executives and forest officials of the government and private sectors and experts were chosen through purposive sampling provided qualitative data. There were 400 farmers chosen by multistage random sampling provided quantitative data. The research instruments were the questionnaire and the interview form. The statistics used in the quantitative data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test. The qualitative data analysis done by content analysis method.

The results showed that economic logging and the creation of quality local products in degraded areas from a case study of community enterprises in Lower Central Region were effective as the following formats: 1) management of economic planting and local products of 4 areas: personnel, investments, material equipment and raw materials; 2) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of 4 areas: environment, economy, participation and knowledge and information; 3) knowledge management in 5 steps; (1) assigning key knowledge for a job or activity, (2) creating and procuring knowledge, (3) applying knowledge in one's business, (4) adopting experience, (5) management and storage of knowledge; and 4) technology transfer in 7 steps: (1) resource exploration, (2) knowledge conference or discussion, (3) knowledge transfer in resource management, (4) knowledge exchange with community leaders and philosophers villagers, (5) documenting and disseminating information, (6) creating resource management strategies, and (7) implementing and monitoring strategies.