The needs of Community Enterprise Members on Cultivating Extension of Organic Hemp in Chiang Mai Province
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The research objectives were to studies 1) level need of extension in growing organic hemp with the community enterprise; 2) the knowledge factors of the members on the growing organic hemp; and 3) factors affecting the need of extension in growing organic hemp, Chiang Mai Province.The questionnaire was used to collect the data in the study. For data collection, 140 members, which are the organic hemp farm outstanding provincial community enterprises for 2 consecutive years (2021-2022), are chosen to be the sample. The statistical tools that are used for data analysis consist of Frequency, Percentage, Average, Standard deviation, and Multiple regression analysis.
The study revealed that the community enterprise’s members are still in the high weakness of extension even the total knowledge requirements in community enterprise’s members were at moderate level. As the result we found the most needs of extension in growing organic hemp demand on marketing and plant processing (𝑥̅ = 4.45), crop harvest (𝑥̅ = 4.20), planting areas and seeds (𝑥̅ = 3.99) and farming (𝑥̅ = 3.79) respectively.The study also showed that age (p = 0.030), family member (p = 0.014), land area (p = 0.001), training (p = 0.019) and educational and knowledge of organic hemp cultivation (p = 0.010) are being key factors to demand (p ≤ 0.05) for level need of extension in growing organic hemp of community enterprises.
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