Integrating of Rice Straw Paper Development into Participatory Community Product Innovation

Abstract

The aim of this research consists of: 1) to develop the physical properties of rice straw paper to be used as raw material 2) to design and development of product from rice straw paper with community participation 3) to test properties of newly developed rice straw paper products.The research area is the Rice Straw Paper Community Enterprise Group, Krachaeng Subdistrict, Sam Khok District, Pathum Thani Province. The research process consists of experimental research and community participatory action research, including participation in decision making, operations, receiving benefits and evaluation products. The results found that the rice straw paper production process that adds binders, including rice flour, glutinous rice flour, and tapioca starch, which have a positive effect on the paper with higher physical characteristics than regular paper. Paper using rice flour shows as binders present the highest appearance density of 360.35 kilograms per square meter, rice straw paper with glutinous rice starch as binder has the highest brightness characteristic of 49.0%. The design and development of products used analysis of the situation of the producer group SWOT analysis and business model canvas (BMC) that it guidelines for new product prototype to be useful, suitability, durability, easy to produce and green production. The newly product it can be consistent with current market conditions, the result is a product prototype for souvenir packaging and snack bags. When the product prototype was tested for properties, it was found that product model 1 had a weight-bearing capacity of 6.77 kilograms, model 2 had a weight-bearing capacity of 13.1 kilograms, when tested with packaging situation which have desserts or snacks that include 200 ml of drinks, snacks, or bread with a total weight not exceeding 500 grams, it can be supported by using products made from newly developed rice straw paper in both models.