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Abstract

           Bamboo caterpillars, Omphisa fuscidentalis, are found in culms of three
species of bamboo; Dendrocalamus hamiltonii, D. strictus and Thysastachys
siamensis. The main objeclive was to transfer bamboo caterpillar rearing technology
to villagers of Doi Tung and Doi Mae Salong to enhance income generation and
conservation of forests. Bamboo caterplllars rearjng technology was transferred
to 206 villagers including '18 school teachers and 7 agricultural staffs.The
results showed thal 60% of villagers had more income than 5,000 bahts, 3Z%
around 10,000 bahts and 3% more than 50,000 bahts per year. After pursulng
b'amboo caterpillar rearing training, villagers stopped collecting young bamboo
shoots and planted more than 300,000 bamboo seedling for rearing bamboo
caterpillars. In conclusion, bamboo caterpillars could play a key role in poverty
alleviation and conservation of bamboo forests in northern Tha ano.