Farmers’ Knowledge, Understanding and Practice about Agricultural Disaster in KhuangPao Sub-district, Chom Thong District, Chiang Mai Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to investigate knowledge  and  understand   Agricultural  Disaster  in  KhuangPao  Sub-District,  Chom Thong  District,  Chiang  Mai  Province, and  to study  problem  and  suggestion  of farmers who  had  been  affected  by  the  Agricultural  Disaster. The samples of this study  were  305  farmers  who registration  of farmers with Department of Agricultural  Extension in production  year 2012/2013 – 2013/2014 and victims of the disaster. Data were collected by using interview questionnaires. Statistical Technique used were percentage, mean, standard deviation, minimum, maximum value, multiple regression analysis, multiple regression analysis and Chi-square test. From research finding, it was found that farmers’ knowledge and understanding and practice about agricultural disaster was at moderate level (44.26% and 46.60%). From hypothesis testing, it was found that factors of farmers' knowledge, understanding about agricultural disaster which were sex, education, experience, social status, planting area size, frequency of cropping, and type of the disaster.  Factors of farmers' practices about agricultural disaster which were experience, farmers registration with the government and related organization. The level of farmers’ knowledge, understanding about agricultural disaster had positive relationship with the level of farmers’ practice about agricultural disaster. The problem and obstacles of farmers were the public relations registration of farmers with the government not thorough. The agricultural support of the government to compensate for the damage which was too little of money.