Ban Pong and Food Security Management

Abstract

          This research had 2 objectives that were 1) to study the situation of food security in vegetable and indigenous crop in the community 2) to find the model of food security management reducing the risk of food insecurity and economic dimensions of household. From the study found that the situation of food security and biodiversity of Ban Pong community, Patan Nakrua subdistrict, Maeta district, Lampang province was at good level which the indigenous and economic crops an important communities, here natural resources. The decision on what cultivation belonged to community and linked to consume culture of community including body of knowledge on saving seeds and appropriate location.

          Regarding, model of food security management, a knowledge management by community. The local residents participated to find model of food security via raising vegetables in their own yard and cooking with indigenous crop came from household. These were models of food security appropriated to community context.