Knowledge, Behavior and Awareness of Farmers in Agrochemical Use in Sukhothai Province
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This research aimed to study the knowledge level of agrochemical use and dangers, behaviors of agrochemical use and prevention for rice cultivation, including awareness of dangers from agrochemical use among rice farmers in Sukhothai Province. Questionnaire was used as a tool to collect data from 400 rice farmers. The study found that only 35.75% of rice farmers had received information related to agrochemical use and prevention, most of which were received from agriculture chemical sales. The majority of rice farmers had a moderate level of knowledge regarding the use and hazards of agrochemicals, which was 44.25%. The behavior of agrochemical uses and prevention was at moderate level (x̄=2.45±0.18). While the rice farmer awareness of dangers and effects of agrochemical use was at high level (x̄=3.86±0.15), they had the greatest awareness of their own dangers (x̄=4.60±0.46), followed by awareness of the impacts on environment (x̄=3.81±0.21) and awareness of the dangers on consumers (x̄=3.15±0.47), respectively.
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