KM, PAR, Sufficiency Economy Philosophy, Growing and Producing Phak Waan Pah for Self-reliance

This research project was to study the results of applying Knowledge Management (KM), through applyingparticipatory action research, sufficiency economy philosophy growing phakwaanpah vegetable for the development of knowledge managers at self-reliance learning centers in Thailand. The development model comprised 19 sub-courses which focused on practical skill development. Participants were 15 knowledge managers from 2 self-reliant centers inMahaSarakham, and KhonKaen province. The skill and knowledge development course lasted 4 days and 3 nights and then the participants applied the gained knowledge at self-reliance centers for the subsequent 4-6 months. Overall, the development course yielded success with the efficiency of knowledge output of 84.58 / 81.65. The effectiveness index was 0.6986. Participants of the project who have a farm area of approximately 1-3 rais had a substantial debt reduction and were able to generate income from harvesting phakwaanpah for 6-8 months per year. The farmers are able to get 150-200 Baht per kilogram of phakwaanpah and have an earning potential of over 100,000 baht per year