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Executive Summary
Research on Opinions on Sustainable Grassroot Economic Development Policy

Objectives

To conduct research on opinions on sustainable grassroot economic development
policy and to propose a suitable guideline that would promote sustainable grassroot economic

development for processed agriculture-based communities, for community tourism and for
community industry.

Methodology
1. Research Site: This research shall collect data from 8 provinces in 4 regions. The data

will be collected from 24 grassroot economic groups in processed agriculture-based
communities, community tourism and community industry.
2. Research Tools: 1) Questionnaire on demography, external environmental factors,
internal environmental factors, operation procedures and operation outcomes; 2) Group
discussions to extract group lessons on grassroot economic development for community

industry, community tourism and processed agriculture in communities.

Data Analysis

1. Analyzing data from questionnaires; quantitative research; processing and analyzing
data for statistical calculation from data collected to be proposed; descriptive analysis and
inferential statistics analysis; using analysis to reference statistics on population group using t-
test and One-Wat ANOVA and Multiple Regression Analysis.

2. Analyze data from group discussions via content analysis. This is to analyze data
from extracted from various groups in communities through group discussions. The data will
then be analyzed for various factors that affect the groups’ operations, operation procedures,
operation outcomes, good practice guideline, group administration proposal, and policy

proposal to further the design of grassroot economic development.

Research Outcome

Research on opinions on sustainable grassroot economic development policy. 1)
Research from community groups in grassroot economic development works on processed

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