Sufficiency Economy Philosophy
Originality
King Bhumibholhas been interested in agriculture for long time and devoting His time to do experiments relating to water, land, and agriculture improvement including helping people in many ways to improve their occupation and quality of lives.
Originality
The principles of his working has been developed and proved to be successful in balancing people’s lives and works for individual circumstance. It is called Sufficiency Economy Philosophy which is given to Thai people for more than 25 years
SEP and community development
Country development must be done step by step
Large amount of people must be able to reach their basic needs, the higher level of development then is possible.
Fast growing in economy without balancing other aspects of development can create inequality, conflict and can not be sustainable.
This can be apply to any level of community development including individuals
Sufficiency economy can improve social structure of the community by 2 factors
Demand and supply must be consistentin any process of production
-The community must be able to manage their local natural resources
Working steps (process) for self to community development
Stage 1: Self-supporting (self)
Stage 2: Sharing, giving supports to others in the community (neighbors)
Stage 3: Extending work to others outside the community as networking. (others)
Results of applying SEP for self, society and environmental development . Why ?
Keep a suitable proportion of population size
Balance ecosystemwithout external interference
Using appropriate technology as needed.
Manage your expense
Plant what you eat and eat what you plant
Plant the trees for the future
money saving