Satisfaction of Young Smart Farmer towards the New Agricultural Entrepreneurs Training Course in Bangkok

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1) study and compare the satisfaction of young smart farmers to the training course on preparation for new agricultural entrepreneurs in Bangkok. 2) study the problems and suggestions of new generation farmers towards the training of new generation agricultural entrepreneurs.
The questionnaire was used as a tool to collect data from 38 new farmers and with focus groups technique.
Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test and F-test. The results showed that most new trainees of young smart farmers were women (55.3%), aged between 30-39 years (26.3%), graduated elementary level (31.6%), the main occupation was farmers (71.1%), average monthly income was 5,000-10,000 Baht (55.3%), number of years assessed for young smart farmer was 1 year (36.8%), channels getting news and training were from state officials (68.9%), the distance from their residence to the training location was of 20-29 km (47.4%).
The new farmers were satisfied with the training with the overall score of high level (= 4.13). Comparing their overall satisfaction by gender resulted in no effect. However, the gender attribute affected to content dimension with the significant level of 0.01. On problems and suggestions, study found that the course content was not applicable to the profession enough. The content could have been more practical. On the process and service, the number of training day were too long, should be reduced to the shorter training period.