Costs and Returns of Maize Farmers in Song Khwae District, Nan Province

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to analyze the costs and returns of maize farmers in Pangpuk village, Na Rai Luang sub-district, Song Khwae district, Nan province. A set of questionnaires were used to collect the data from 78 maize farming households. The production costs and returns of maize farmers were analyzed by using quantitative statistics such as percentages. The results showed that the total costs and returns of maize farmers were less than 50,000 Bath/year. The total of their incomes was 10,599.94 Bath/rai, while the total costs was accounted for 6,850.96 Bath/rai. This means that the maize farmers had a quite low net profit of 3,748 Baht/rai. Therefore, the alternative development and promotion of careers for incomes generation of the farmers are the guidelines to reduce their costs of production.