Adoption on Hand Reeled Thai Silk Yarn Technology of Farmers in Udon Thani Province

Abstract

The study on adoption on hand reeled Thai Silk yarn technology of farmers in Udon Thani province. Two hundred and fifty four farmers were randomly selected using a simple random sampling method and were interviewed using interview schedule. The farmers adopted the Thai Silk traditional hand reeling technology in high level of 6 aspects i.e. 1) silk reeling site 5 items, 2) machines, equipments and tools 5 items, 3) cocoon cooking 5 items, 4) silk yarn quality inspection 1 items, 5) re–reeling of Thai Silk yarn for skein making process 5 items, and 6) Thai Silk yarn storage 3 items. However, 4 aspects were adopted in low level or in some cases did not follow the recommended practices i.e. 1) cocoon quality inspection, 2) reeling technique, 3) packaging, and 4) label and marking. Comparison of the adoption of hand reeled Thai Silk yarn technology as classified by age of farmers, number of times the farmers contact the extension officers, and the hand reeled Thai Silk yarn experience years in silk reeling found statistically significant differences on the adoption of the technology in some items.