Factor Affecting Adoption for Vegetables with Good Agricultural Practices Standard in the Upper North of Thailand
Keywords:
adoption, Good Agricultural Practice (GAP), GAP vegetablesAbstract
The objectives of this study were to analyze factor affecting adoption of farmer households who produced vegetables with Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) standard in the upper North of Thailand by means of ordered probit model. The samples of this study were randomized with multi-stage sampling and data were collected in the form of interviews with questionnaires from 383 farmer households in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Lamphun, and Lampang provinces. It was found that the increase in the probability for farmers to adopt the high-level GAP vegetable practices included supporting for own investment and loan to produce GAP vegetables, diversity of GAP vegetables, suitable prices, the knowledge provided by private entities on food safety property of GAP vegetables, and being a member of Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives, farmers group, community enterprises, and other group, and positive attitude toward GAP vegetable production. Meanwhile, the decrease in the likelihood for farmers to adopt the high-level GAP vegetable practices were found to include age, education, the freshness of GAP produce, the knowledge provided by government agencies on food safety property of GAP vegetables, being a member of village fund, and the farmers’ satisfaction levels with their participation in training on GAP standard. However, the attempt still has to be made to foster the development and growth of GAP vegetable production to a wider extent and to meet the market needs.
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