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Sufficiency economy a bedrock legacy

Sufficiency economy a bedrock legacy

Late king’s philosophy doesn’t aim to make kingdom a ‘tiger’, it aims to help people support themselves

Locals in Nan cover soil with hay before pouring water on it, a sufficiency economy tecnique. Pattarapong Chatpattarasill

The sufficiency economy philosophy conceived by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great is one of his most famous and enduring legacies.

It offers guidelines for sustainable growth and is a tool to strengthen resilience in the face of internal and external challenges.

Shortly after he ascended the throne in 1946, the King initiated several royal projects to promote self-reliant and sustainable farming to ease the plight of the rural poor, but the concept of the sufficiency economy was…

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