Participatory Technology Transfer for Enhancing the Production Efficiency of Maize Production Grown after the Rice Harvesting in Ban Champa, Sawang Daen Din District, Sakon Nakhon Province
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This participatory action research examined maize production among 12 farmers in Ban Champa, Sawang Daen Din District, Sakon Nakhon Province, with objectives to analyze production systems, identify constraints, design and implement technology transfer approaches, and evaluate outcomes. The study found that farmers cultivated maize during post-rice seasons following government policy, lacked formal group organization, and faced primary challenges of low yields and high production costs while relying on chemical pest control. Technology transfer was conducted through training, lectures, demonstrations, hands-on practice, and learning plots, resulting in statistically significant increases in farmer knowledge (p<0.05 and p<0.01), very high overall project satisfaction scores, and complete adoption of new production technologies by all participants except for soil analysis-based fertilization, which achieved only 8.33% adoption due to its complexity and need for institutional support. The research demonstrates that planned, participatory technology transfer curricula can effectively enhance farmer capabilities and facilitate technology adoption, though complex multi-step technologies require intensive and continuous transfer methods with sustained institutional support for successful implementation.
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