The Certain Factors Affecting on the Success of Dairy Production in Nakhon Pathom Province..

Abstract

Factors affecting on the success of dairy farming and development was analyzed based on data from 94 households at Nakhon Pathom province. After 7 years of project development it was found that 6.97% and 62.74% of farmers inside and outside the project area terminated their dairy production. The overall analysis showed that 34.04% of farmers whose educational background was less than grade 7 terminated the dairy occupation while 3.19% of them with over grade 7 did withdraw form the project after 2 years of production. 52.23% of farmers with 1 to 10 cows withdrew after 2 years of production whereas farmers with more than 10 cows still proceed through their occupation. From the analysis of data obtained from 59 households who still carry on the project revealed that the project area and levels of education of farmers had significant contributions (p<0.05) on their success. However, the farm size did not have significant contribution on their profit (p>0.05) throughout 7 years period of the study.