Good Agricultural Practices Adoption of Mango’s Farmer at Samko District, Angthong Province

Abstract

The objectives of this study were the personal, economic, and social factors of the farmers who adopt the mango production on good agricultural practices, the factors related to the adoption of production, the problems and difficulties. The farmers who grow mango under good agricultural practices in Samko District, Angthong Province were investigated. The data were obtained from 150 farmers by means of the interview. The results revealed that the adoption of mango production on good agricultural practices were accepted at the high level in social, economic and production and were accepted at the moderate level in physical, biological. Factors related to the adoption of mango production on good agricultural practices were income, labor, experience in mango production, training in the past 3 years, and contact with the government officials and private sectors. The correlation between the factors and the adoption of mango were significant at the 0.05 level.