SIU Thesis. Management of Drug Eradication Using Crop Substitution in Kachin State, Myanmar / Jen Lomethong / Bangkok: Shinawatra University - 2019

Public ISBD No review available on this record. Collection Title: SIU Thesis Title : Management of Drug Eradication Using Crop Substitution in Kachin State, Myanmar Material Type: printed text Authors: Jen Lomethong, Author ; Chanchai Bunchapattanasakda, Associated Name ; Ousanee Sawagvudcharee, Associated Name Publisher: Bangkok: Shinawatra University Publication Date: 2019 Pagination: ix, 103 p. Layout: Tables, ill. Size: 30 cm. Price: 500.00 baht General note: SIU THE: SOM-PhD-M-2019-04 Thesis. [PhD.[Philosophy in Management]].-- Shinawatra University, 2019 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: [LCSH]Drugs [LCSH]opium Keywords: Crop substitution, drugs eradication, Kachin State, Myanmar, opium Abstract: This thesis uses a qualitative, mixed methods approach to investigation the management of drugs eradication in Kachin State in northern Myanmar and the possibility for substituting opium growth for cash crops such as Inca Inchi peanuts. Key informant interviewing and participant observation were instrument of ethnographic research that were combined with personal interviewing with semi-structured interview agendas as a means of collecting data in a process that began many years ago and has incorporated interactions and interviews with hundreds of different people, along with the more structured research approach embarked upon specifically for this thesis. It was found that the use of drugs in Kachin State now is so prevalent and pervasive that it is treated as an inevitable and unavoidable part of life in everyday. It has spread to nearly every sector of society. Many people in dangerous or difficult jobs are given drugs as part of their salary so that it is easier for them to survive the monotony and risk. When people try to tackle the drugs usage, such as religious groups, then they tend to consider it to be a moral choice and the drug takers should be treated accordingly. This kind of war on drugs thinking does not work very well. In the case of crop substitution, this might be possible in terms of agriculture but to do so successfully would require peaceful relations, better infrastructure, a replacement distribution system and the creation of a suitable commercial centre such as a special economic zone for it to become feasible. Some suggestions are made concerning the nature of the organization that would be required to make this possible, if it is possible. Other implications are drawn and recommendations made. Curricular : BBA/MBA/PhDM Record link: http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=27927 SIU Thesis. Management of Drug Eradication Using Crop Substitution in Kachin State, Myanmar [printed text] / Jen Lomethong, Author ; Chanchai Bunchapattanasakda, Associated Name ; Ousanee Sawagvudcharee, Associated Name . - [S.l.] : Bangkok: Shinawatra University, 2019 . - ix, 103 p. : Tables, ill. ; 30 cm. 500.00 baht SIU THE: SOM-PhD-M-2019-04 Thesis. [PhD.[Philosophy in Management]].-- Shinawatra University, 2019 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: [LCSH]Drugs [LCSH]opium Keywords: Crop substitution, drugs eradication, Kachin State, Myanmar, opium Abstract: This thesis uses a qualitative, mixed methods approach to investigation the management of drugs eradication in Kachin State in northern Myanmar and the possibility for substituting opium growth for cash crops such as Inca Inchi peanuts. Key informant interviewing and participant observation were instrument of ethnographic research that were combined with personal interviewing with semi-structured interview agendas as a means of collecting data in a process that began many years ago and has incorporated interactions and interviews with hundreds of different people, along with the more structured research approach embarked upon specifically for this thesis. It was found that the use of drugs in Kachin State now is so prevalent and pervasive that it is treated as an inevitable and unavoidable part of life in everyday. It has spread to nearly every sector of society. Many people in dangerous or difficult jobs are given drugs as part of their salary so that it is easier for them to survive the monotony and risk. When people try to tackle the drugs usage, such as religious groups, then they tend to consider it to be a moral choice and the drug takers should be treated accordingly. This kind of war on drugs thinking does not work very well. In the case of crop substitution, this might be possible in terms of agriculture but to do so successfully would require peaceful relations, better infrastructure, a replacement distribution system and the creation of a suitable commercial centre such as a special economic zone for it to become feasible. Some suggestions are made concerning the nature of the organization that would be required to make this possible, if it is possible. Other implications are drawn and recommendations made. Curricular : BBA/MBA/PhDM Record link: http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=27927