Environmental awareness and farming behavior of farmers in Inle Lake Nyaung Shwe Township, Myanmar | |
| Author | Bo Bo Lwin |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.NR-06-26 |
| Subject(s) | Agricultural systems--Environmental aspects--Myanmar Farmers--Myanmar |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. NR-06-26 |
| Abstract | This research attempts to find out the socio-demographic and institutional contexts influencing the farmers' environmental awareness and the relationship between environmental awareness and farming behavior. PCA was applied to extract the main .components or factors from the independent variables (contexts) having high multi correlations. The environmental awareness of the farmers was calculated by using the Aggregated Weighted Awareness Index (AWAI) based on the scores got from questionnaires interviews and farming behavior was also expressed as Aggregated Weighted Behavioral Index (AWBI). The results of the multiple regressions prove that there are relationship between some socio-demographic contexts and the environmental awareness of the farmers. The statistical results from analysis point out that the four components, Wealth Status, Family structure, Exposure to information and External support, are the main factors associated with the level of environmental awareness. And the environmental awareness of the farmers in turn influence on their behaviors at significant level with R square value of 0.35. Once the awareness index was considered as independent variables together with other contextual variables in regression, it was significantly correlated with behavioral index in positive way at R square value of 0.447 and its associate components are habitual (strata, ethnic and type of farming), external support (Loans receiving where sex is negatively correlated with loans) and exposure to information (training experiences, extension contact, information accessibility and exposure to urban). The multiple regression results prove that selected contextual variables are related to environmental awareness of the farmers and some components of those variables are significantly influencing on awareness index. It can also be concluded that farmers' environmental awareness significantly influence their farming behavior in positive way |
| Year | 2006 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. NR-06-26 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Natural Resources Management (NRM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Webb, Edward L.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | D. Schmidt-Vogt;Shivakoti, Ganesh P.; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship;Prospect Burma Joint Scholarship Spirit in Education Movement (SEM); |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2006 |