Farmer’s Knowledge of Organic Rice Production under the Promotion Project of Organic Rice Production in Khon Kaen Province
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The purpose of this study was to study the knowledge level of farmers under the promotion project of organic rice production in Khon Kaen province. The sample size was 123 farmers participating in the project. The knowledge was evaluated by using True-Fales Test and analyzed by using the average of the scores to divide the level of knowledge into 5 levels: the lowest, low, moderate, high and the highest. The results found that most of the farmers were female and graduated from primary school. Their average age was 59.38 years and have 4.79 years of organic rice cultivation experience. The average organic rice planting area was 8.66 rai in 2020. The result of knowledge measurement showed that most of the farmers’ knowledge was at the highest level. More than 80 percent of farmers answered 13 questions correctly. Two of the most wrong answers were 1) humidity should be 16 percent and 2) they could use combined harvesters that had been previously used.
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