Practice following Good Agriculture Practice of mango grower, Phrao District, Chiang Mai Province

Abstract

     The purpose of this research was to study basic information, mango production under Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), factors affecting GAP in mango production, problems, obstacles and suggestions.  This study was conducted among 195 GAP mango farmers in Phrao District, Chiang Mai Province by simple random sampling. The data was collected via questionnaires and analyzed by descriptive statistics and a multiple regression analysis using the Enter method.
     The results showed that most of the farmers were male (66.70 %), average age was 56.93 years old, completed primary school.  The average total income and income from mango production was 510,076.29 and 379,835.90/year. The average household members were 3.97 people, and average man labors were 3.01 people. The household debt was 13,661.54 baht in average, with mango planting area of 7.44 rai. They received average GAP information 2.78 times/month. They contacted with officers and group of mango farmers 1.92 and 1.90 times/year in average. Most of the farmers attended GAP training 1.37 times/year and had 7.48 years of average GAP production experience. The farmers had knowledge of GAP in mango production at a high level.  Factors affecting GAP in mango production were age, education level, number of household members and knowledge of GAP in mango production. For problems of GAP in mango production of farmers, it was found that there were strict requirements for the use of concentrated chemicals. And the pandemic of COVID-19 made communication with the agricultural extension officers and having health checked up quite difficult. Farmers suggested that basic standard requirements that were easy to follow, especially for data recording, should be established. Relevant government agencies should have policies to help farmers in terms of prices. and continually organizes training on GAP in mango production.