Lava Durian Sisaket Production According to Good Agriculture Practices for Farmers in Khun Han District Sisaket Province
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The objectives of this study were to durian, 1) to examine socio-economic attributes of lava durian farmers, 2) to investigate knowledge and lava durian production under appropriate and good agricultural practice of the farmers, 3) to analyze the factors affecting lava durian production under Good agricultural practice of the farmers, and 4) to explore the problems and suggestions about lava durian production of the farmer. Number of lava durian growers’ good agricultural practice 190 cases. The sample group consisted of 129 lava durian farmers in Khun Harn district, Sisaket province. A set of questionnaires was used for data collection and analyzed by using descriptive statistics and multiple regression.
Findings showed that most of the respondents were male, 51 years old on average, married, graduated elementary school and lao ethnicity. Their average annual income was 796,356 Baht, 656,589 Baht was from lava durian production, but their household debts were 419,418 Baht on average. Most of the respondents had 4 household members and 3 of them were household workforce. They mainly perceived news or information about lava durian production under (GAP) through the agricultural extension worker. The respondents contacted the agricultural extension worker once a year. Most of them were not the village committee and did not have any social position. The respondent had 3 years of experience in lava durian production under (GAP) on average. They had knowledge about lava durian at a moderate level but a high level of volcanic durian production which met standards.
The factor effecting the production of volcanic durian of the farmers with a positive statical significance level was attending training on appropriate and good agricultural practice (P=0.036). However, experience and knowledge about the lava durian production were found to be negative (P=0.010 and 0.028, respectively). Water shortage and outbreaks of diseases/pests were problems encountered. Also, concerned agencies should hold training about the prevention and control of outbreaks of diseases/pests in lava durian production areas.
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