Perception of Health Status, Behavior, Cost and Benefit for Agricultural from Chemical Rice Farming and Organic Rice Farming

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the perception of health status, behavior, cost and benefit of agricultural from chemical rice farming and organic rice farming. The sample size was 102 households from chemical and organic rice farming in Moo 1 and Moo 3, Ban Tun sub district, Mueang district, Phayao province. This study used interviews and questionnaire surveys to collect data. The descriptive statistics and Mann-Whitney U test was used for analyzing the data. The results showed that 60.78 percent of the farmers used chemicals and farmers who use organic matter 39.22 percent. Health problems after using chemicals/organic were 11.29 percent and 2.50 percent. The behavior scores before, during and after both types of chemical/organic spraying were high level. The average production cost of household from chemical rice farming was higher than organic rice farming. The average income and net benefit of household from organic rice farming, higher than chemical rice farming. The findings that the behavioral scores of after chemicals/organic spraying were significant difference (P < 0.01). This research found that of income the between organic and chemical agriculture was a significant difference (P < 0.01).