Participation to Profit: How Thailand’s Participatory Guarantee Systems Powers Organic-Vegetable Success

Ms. Chanikan Mahora, is a fresh graduate from the Development and Sustainability program at the Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS), School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD), Asian Institute of Technology (AIT).

Supervised by Prof. Kyoko Kusakabe with committee members Dr. Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen and Dr. Takuji W. Tsusaka, Chanikan followed 203 vegetable growers in the provinces of Nakhon Pathom and Kamphaeng Phet over four months of fieldwork. Her mixed-methods thesis pinpoints what motivates farmers at each PGS stage and which policy levers keep them engaged.

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