Farmers’ Adoption of Organic Rice Production in Sena District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province

Abstract

     The objectives of the study were to investigate; 1) farmers’ backgrounds on social and economic characteristics, 2) farmers’ adoption of organic rice production, 3) factors affecting to farmers’adoption of organic rice production and 4) problems and suggestions about organic rice production. The sample were 45 farmers. The interview form was created to collect data between May-September 2022. The collected data were analyzed for frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and multiple regression. The study results found that the farmers’ adoption of organic rice production, all the average on a high level. Factors related to the organic rice production were a positive relationship including income from organic rice production, experiences in organic rice production and receiving information about organic rice production were statistical significance at 0.05, level of education and income from organic rice production were statistical significance at 0.01, respectively. The most problem of organic rice production was natural disasters.