Factors Related to Standard Practices of Organic Rice Production of Farmers in Sangthong District, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study 1) basic socio-economic of organic rice production  farmers in Sangthong District, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR 2) the standard practices of organic rice production of farmers 3) factors related to standard practices for organic rice production of farmers.  The sample group of the research was 230 farmers in Sangthong District. The results of the research revealed that farmers had an average organic rice farming area of 8.61 rais. Most of the farmers used rain water for organic rice production. The rice variety  used was “Hom Sangthong”. The farmers had an average of 3.8 years of experience in growing organic rice. It was found that 40.4% of farmers complied with standard for organic rice at a high level. According to the factors related to standard practices of organic rice production of farmers, it was found that the statistically significant factors were : organic rice farming area, number of water resources, and debt. This study revealed that farmers had problems in growing organic rice at the medium level. The important problems were no access of information about organic rice production, limited amount of formal education, and the standard practice of organic rice production was complicated.