The government tried to solve the economic crisis by expanding local economy as
mentioned in National Economic and Social Plan No.9 (2002-2006) by giving more
economic opportunity to the poor. The effect of the policy mentioned by Witthaya
Mekhum. (2014) was on the lack of the transfer of local intellectual and the application
of technology to local production. According to the Rajbhat University Act 2004 section
7 stating that one responsibility of tertiary institute is to develop local area and
encourage local intellectual and promote life-long education to the community. That is
to say the university has to understand local intellectual, environment and local
resources to implement the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy effectively. By U.
Tassanawalai. (2004).The Department of Local Development has implemented the
policy on self-development. They mentioned the ideas of working as a team, learning
by doing, asking the right question, and fulfill the target leading by volunteer local
developers of District and Sub-district levels. With the problems and the policy
mentioned above, the researcher investigated potential in applying Sufficiency
Economy Philosophy on Nonthaburi OTOP based on the policy of Department of Local
Development, Ministry of Interior according to 6X2 indicators.