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Following the Royal Instigation of His Majesty the King in 1970, the Land Develoment Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, setup the Nong Phulp Land Development Project
on a 50,000 rai tract of Land astride Hua Hin District in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province and three districts in Phetchaburi Province, namely, Cha-am, Klad Luang and Tha Yang districts, in order to provide arable land for farmers to make a meaningful livelihood.
Similar to other co-operative communities which were established at the Royal Instigation of His Majesty the King, the land may be inherited within the family, but may not be sold as the title deed belongs to the whole community.
During the early stages of the formation of the Nong Phulp Land Development Project, and similar to other land development projects which were established at the Royal Instigation of His Majesty the King, the Ministry of Interior is responsible for the socio-economic aspects of the co-operative members,
while Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives is responsible for the construction of infrastruction facilities such as roads, farm ponds and artesian wells. However, between the year 1972 and 1973, the Office of Accelerated Rural Development, which is under the jurisdictic of the Ministry of Interior, received generous assistances in
the form of road construction equipments from the Government of Australia to help with the work at the project site in Hua Hin District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province.
In 1972, officials from the Land Develoment Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, began to admit needy farmers into the Nong Phulp Land Development Project by lot drawing. Ech family was allotted 25 rai of land and altogether 45 families were admitted. This first group of farmers formed the Nong Phulp Co-operative Community,
Hua Hin District, Phetchaburi Province, by registering with the Co-operative Promotions Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives, on August 12, 1972.
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Principles for The Establishment of
Multi-Purpose Co-operative Communities
1. Land Obtained
1.1 State-owned land
1.2 Donated land
1.3 Purchased land (by Government budget)
1.4 Purchased land (by donated funds; repayment after the budget has been allocated)
2. Title Holding
2.1 At first the land belongs to the State, the donors or the funds established by donations.
2.2 When the co-operative community has been founded, the co-operative committee will then hold the title deeds.
3. Donated Funds
3.1 To be used as advance payment for the purchase of land.
3.2 If adequate and/or when the Government returns the amount previously spent for purchase of land, the funds will be used for purposes of infra-structure construction.
(silos, granaries, rice mills, roads, canals, co-operative stores, etc.)
3.3 To be used as revolving funds for the co-operative community.
4. Administration
4.1 At first the officials from the Co-operative Promotion Department will assist in administrative functions.
4.2 When the co-operative committee is able to take responsibility in administration, all functions will be finally transferred to them.
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