Effects of participatory learning on practicing organic farming by the farmers in Sisaket province

Abstract

The purpose of this action research was to study the effects of participatory learning by 79 target farmers in Sisaket province. The designed research process consist on organic farmers practice of participatory training curriculum on organic agriculture production, field trip, knowledge sharing forum between successful farmers and targeted farmers, knowledge management and peer assistance. The research results revealed that the farmers’ knowledge and understanding of organic farmers practice increased significantly (P<0.01) after participation. The follow-up study shows that 98.73 percents of the farmers learned the knowledge and were able to improve the production in their farms, and 62.03 percents of them shared the knowledge to their neighbors in the communities.