The Employment of the Knowledge on Organic Agriculture of the Farmers in the Thailand 4.0 Era at Bang-Rachan District, Sing-Buri Province

Abstract

Abstract

This research study aims to: 1) study the level of knowledge on the organic agriculture of the farmers at Bang-Rachan district, Sing-Buri province; 2) study the farmers’ applying of the organic agriculture knowledge on their farming activities in the Thailand 4.0 Era and 3) study the problems and obstacles on the applying of knowledge. The three hundred and thirty-two farmers who live in Bang-Rachan district and register with the Banrachan District Agricultural Extension Office that they do the organic farming, participated in this qualitative research study. They were chosen using the proportional allocation stratified sampling. The research tools were a questionnaire, and the statistical data were analyzed using percentage, mean and standard deviation.

The results suggested that:

1. The farmers’ level of knowledge on the organic agriculture, in overall, was at the high level.


2. The farmers’ employment of the knowledge on organic agriculture in the Thailand 4.0 Era, in overall, was also at the high level. The farmers had the highest level of performance on the seeking of the knowledge on organic agriculture, following by the managing of the organic agriculture knowledge and the exchanging and transfering of the knowledge on organic agriculture and farming, rerspectively.

          3. For the farmers’ problems on the employment of the knowldege on organic agriculture in the Thailand 4.0 Era, it found that the problem was at the high level. This indicates the difficulties and the inconvience on the accessing of the local knowledge, and on the conducting of any further research studies. Moreover, the farmers can neither apply their knowledge on their works, nor have the adequate times to do some research on the related issues.