Factors influencing farmers in adoption of integrated farming in Sakonnakhon land reform area in the northeast of Thailand | |
| Author | Artittaya Phongphom |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.RD-02-19 |
| Subject(s) | Farmers Decision making Thailand Sakonnakhon Integrated agricultural systems Thailand Sakonnakhon |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The study analyzed factors influencing farmers in the adoption of integrated farming and examined the benefits of integrated fa1ming to fa1mer's livelihood as well as the effects of the promotion and extension program of the integrated fa1ming provided by the government agency. Through this research, the feedback of the adopters and their perception on the integrated farming and the problems and constraints in the integrated farming was obtained. The research was conducted in the rolling plain (Kut Bak Sub-district) and the upland area (Sang Kor Sub-district) under the land reform area of Sakonnakhon province in the Northeast of Thailand using a household survey questionnaire as a prime method for data collection. The research was applied both quantitative analysis and qualitative technique. Farmers in both areas obtained several benefits from the integrated farming covering economic, social and environment aspects, which were influenced the adopters. In the rolling plain, seven factors were influenced the adopters including water availability, farmer's experience, income level, farm environmental condition, level of innovativeness of farmers, government support and market accessibility. For the degree of adoption, it had an association with many factors comprising of farm pond ownership, accessibility to irrigation system development, the pruticipation in the promotion and extension, the capital suppo1t by GO, satisfaction of the increase of wood, the farm environmental condition, food sufficiency and in crease of income. However, the degree of adoption was dependent on farm pond ownership, the satisfaction on farm environmental condition and accessibility to capital support by GO. In the upland area, eight factors were influenced the adopters including the government support, income level, farm environmental condition, market accessibility, water availability, education, gender and farmer's experience. The degree of adoption has as association with many factors comprising of fa1m pond ownership, visit of extension worker, accessibility to irrigation system development, input support and technical knowledge provided by GO, number of year farmer's experience in fruit plantation and livestock raising and the level of innovativeness of farmers on the new technology. The degree of adoption was dependent on the fa1m pond ownership, accessibility to marketing information and the level of innovativeness of farmers on the new technology. The key differences between the two areas in the degree of adoption were due to variations in land suitability, water availability, degree of accessibility to marketing info1mation and the effectiveness of the promotion and extension program of the government sector as well as the farmer's innovativeness in responsive to the new technology. Certain recommendations were given to strengthen and intensify the widely practice of the integrated farming in these two areas. These focused on water resource development, capital suppo1t, strengthening the promotion and extension program and soliciting cooperation and networking with GO, local farmer's institution and NGOs. |
| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Rural Development, Gender and Resources (RD) |
| Chairperson(s) | Soparth Pongquan |
| Examination Committee(s) | Weber, Karl E.;Thapa, Gopal. B. |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Agricultural Land Reform Office (ALRO), Thailand |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2002 |