Factors Effecting the Decision – Making to Inherit Dairy Cattle Farmers’Heirs in Chiang Mai Province

Abstract

      This study was conducted to investigate: 1) factors effecting the decision-making to inherit or not of the dairy cattle farmers’ heirs, and 2) suggestions of the dairy cattle farmers’ heirs A set of questionnaires was used for data collection administered with 160 dairy cattle farmers’ heirs and analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Chi-square.Results of the study revealed that The following were factors effecting their decision-making to inherit or not of dairy cattle rearing: educational attainment, a number of household farm workforce hired workforce and self peception about their ability with a statistical significance level at 0.05 However, there was a statistically significant relationship at 0.01 in terms of sex, marital status, expericnce in dairly cattle rearing and the conformity level. The following were suggestions: 1) use of new technology and innovation concerning with dairy cattle rearing; 2) holding a short training course for the dairy cattle farmers’ heirs to replace lack of farm workforce; 3) creating networks on dairy cattle rearing; 4) promotion of agro-tourism together with dairy cattle rearing for alternative and supplementary income gonerating.