COMMUNITY INNOVATION MODEL: CASE STUDY OF NONG PLING SUBDISTRICT, MUANG DISTRICT, KAMPHAENG PHET PROVINCE

Abstract

This research article is a quality research. Case study research type using triangular data validation (Triangulation) from group discussions, observations and interviews. The results of the research were as follows: 1) Problems and needs for community innovation development, Nong Pling Sub-district, Mueang District, Kamphaeng Phet Province found that in the situation of the COVID epidemic People in the community can't work outside the area. and interested in making a career in mushroom cultivation to generate additional income from the main occupation. 2) Developing community innovations to raise the community's base economy. It was found that 1 community innovation that needed to be developed was mushroom cultivation in plastic bags. The type of mushroom that is in demand in the market in Nong Pling Subdistrict, Mueang District, Kamphaeng Phet Province is Khon Dam mushroom. Between July and October because it does not match the farming period of the people in the community by designing a curriculum and developing community innovations on inventions, consisting of documentation of Khon Dam mushroom cultivation knowledge materials and equipment and collecting information for use as a video medium for further distribution and dissemination The effectiveness of community innovation for economic upgrading of people in the community in Nong Pling Sub-District, Muang District, Kamphaeng Phet Province, developed. 1) Compare the income from mushroom sales with the minimum wage rate. It was found that the average daily income was approximately 300. – 500 baht, representing 100% by weight of log mushrooms collected per day, about 3-5 kilograms per day overall. It is sold at a price of 100 baht per kilogram, resulting in a return on investment in a period of 3 months per 1 time Khon Dam mushroom cultivation. Produced in the area, it was found that the finished mushroom inoculated lump was 10 baht, and the self-produced mushroom lump was 6 baht. It was able to reduce the cost of mushroom inoculation. accounted for 60 percent