การวิเคราะห์ทางเศรษฐศาสตร์ในมุมมองด้านการผลิตของสินค้าชุมชนในจังหวัดแม่ฮ่องสอน

Abstract

This research was a part of the research project of the community products enhancement to Mae Hong Son cyber-mall. The main purpose was to develop the community products of Mae Hong Son province, especially the production aspect. The data was gathered from 44 community enterprises groups in seven districts of Mae Hong Son province from April, 2012 to March, 2013. Economic research methods used in this research were production problem analysis by using Participatory Action Research (PAR) and the analysis of cost and returns of community products. The results of production perspective revealed that the problems faced by most producers were high price of materials and the lacks of circulating capital, product development knowledge, technologies in production and design processes, and skillful craftsmen. In terms of cost and benefit analysis, the results were different in each enterprise depending on the nature of the products. The costs of labor-intensive products were higher than capital-intensive products, so the returns of the prior were lower than the latter. The contributions of the project brought about the increase in community employment, the reduction of labor migration to work in the urban and no environmental impact.