Background of ALRO

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Agricultural Land Reform Implementation in
Thailand
Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO), Ministry
of Agriculture Cooperatives, THAILAND Panel 1
smallholder rubber plantations dynamics and
policies to support them
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Background

• Various changes (s-e-p) in 1973
• Farmers grievances (land rights, land
  tenants high rental rate-prod cost-low prod,
  unfair-treated, taken advantage)
• High demand for agricultural sector solution
• The promulgation of ALRAct in 1975
• Establishment of ALRO

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Land Reform

• Improvement of rights and land holdings
  dwelling places
• Land distribution
• States contribution on ag. occupation
  development, resources, production inputs and
  market channel

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Mission

• To allocate land and dwelling areas to farmers
• To revitalize the environment and natural
  resources utilization in the land reform area
• To develop infrastructure and support learning
  process.
• To provide financial support for farmers
  occupation development.

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Agricultural Land Reform Implementation in
Thailand
3 Phases
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Public Land
Private Land
Preparation

• Deteriorated forest reserves, classified land
• Feasibility study (socio-econ, land potential,
  climate, rainfall, farmer institutions, social
  conditions, etc.)
• Topography
• Cadastral survey
• Royal Decree

• Primary data and secondary data are collected
• Amount of rented area, tenancy rate, tenants,
  productivity,

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Public Land
Private Land
Distribution

• Ownership belongs to the State.
• Not allow to sell, transfer
• Redistribute to landless, small-scale farmer,
  previous occupants ALRAct

• Purchase/expropriate on voluntary basis
• Redistribute to tenants / landless by lease or
• hire-purchase ALRAct -

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Public Land
Private Land
Development

• Scheme of livelihood development
• Supporting services infra., Ag. extension
• Occupation dev.(on-farm / off-farm to generate
  income agencies involvement
• Individual / group/institution / network
• Model of development
• Expanding International cooperation network

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Country Profiles
Total country area 51.36 mln. Ha
Agricultural area 20.96 mln. ha
Land reform area 4.86 mln. ha 1.85 mln. farm families 69 Provinces 827 Districts 3,254 Sub-districts
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Progress of Land Allocation in Public Land
Region District Sub-district Farmers Area (ha)
North 159 759 451,291 1,057,190 ha
Northeast 284 1,499 190 2,526,412 ha
Central 86 315 208,344 700,893 ha
South 122 470 206,564 505,585 ha
Total 651 3,040 1,851,198 (1.8 mln.) 4,790,080 ha
Data as of 31 Dec 2008
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Progress of Land Allocation in Private Land
District Sub-district Farmers Area (ha)
176 484 29,550 74,360 ha
31 Dec 2008
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Map of Land Reform Area in Thailand
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Strategies for Development

• Rights
• Utilization

Land Reform
Farmer Reform

• Learning process
• Occupation development
• Group and Network

Management Reform

• Community enterprise
• Contract farming

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Related Activities to Three Land Reform
Implementation

• Sufficiency Economy Settlement
• Food and energy crops promotion

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Activities and Capacity Building for Farmers

• Learning center
• Future farmer Incubation in land reform area
  project
• Local intellectual

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Activities and Capacity Building for Farmer

• Tri-partite co-operation
• Community enterprise in land reform area

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Conclusion
Globalization
Policy / effective law Application
Factors
Success
Implementation
-internal/-external
Participatory Approaches
Grassroot
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Rubber Plantation Area in LRAs
Region province District Sub-district Area (ha)
North 3 3 4 32 ha
Northeast 16 81 217 46,055 ha
Central 7 31 107 48,568 ha
South 15 126 458 323,082 ha
Total 41 241 786 417,737 ha
Data as of 2004
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Map of Rubber Plantation area in LRAs
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