An Analysis of Cost, Return and Worthiness of Community Enterprise Groups Growing Cannabis in Buriram

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to analyze the cost, return, and worthiness of community enterprise group growing cannabis and to propose guidelines for cost control of cannabis. It is a qualitative and quantitative research. The sample group used in the research was a community enterprise that growing cannabis in Buriram Province, totaling 110 samples. The tools used for data collection were 1) in-depth interview, data analysis by analytical description and 2) questionnaire, statistics used for data analysis were percentage, mean and standard deviation. The results revealed that 1) Greenhouse cannabis cultivation yields a high net profit, followed by closed planting. And the community enterprise group had a moderate level of opinion on investment worthiness, economic and social; while, the environmental worthiness is at a high level. And 2) Community enterprise groups should use Greenhouse cannabis cultivation methods or choose a cannabis cultivation model according to their own potential, by having to be trained to educate about cannabis cultivation. They should also set wholesale prices and retail prices to the same level for the whole group.