The Achievement of Knowledge Exchanging on the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Agriculture of Farmers in Ban Chung subdistrict, Nakhon Luang District, Phra Nakhon Sri Ayutthaya Province

Abstract

The research has the following objectives: 1) arrange the activity that allows agriculturalists to use an unmanned aerial vehicle in agriculture; and 2) to study achievement derived from learning exchange about how to use an unmanned aerial vehicle used in agriculture by agriculturists. In this research, fourteen local villagers who live in Banchung sub-district, Nakhon Luang district, Ayuttha province, were used as a sample group. They’d found their interests in exchanging bodies of knowledge on how to use an unmanned aerial vehicle. All of them were volunteers who received news through public relations made by community leadership. This study was conducted as part of research and development to design a knowledge exchange program for using unmanned aerial vehicles in agriculture. The program included instructional media and a forty-item test to measure achievement both before and after the knowledge exchange. The statistical methods used for data analysis included frequency value, percentage, average, standard deviation, and the T-test. The results showed that participants achieved a higher overall knowledge exchange score for using unmanned aerial vehicles in agriculture after the post-knowledge exchange compared to before, with a significant statistic of 0.05. This indicates that knowledge exchange activities enhanced participants' understanding.