Factors Influencing the Performance of the Organic Agriculture Community Enterprise Networks in Amnat Charoen Province

Abstract

The objectives of the research were 1) to study factors influencing the performance of the organic farming community enterprise networks and 2) to compare the performance of the organic farming community enterprise networks in Amnat Charoen Province classified by basic factors. The samples were 264 members of the organic farming community enterprise networks. They were randomized by comfortable sampling. The research instrument was a questionnaire. The statistics used were percentage, Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA), t-test, and F-test.       

            The research findings were as follows.

1. The factors influencing the performance of the organic farming community enterprise networks in Amnat Charoen Province organized from the highest to the lowest mean scores were the production, the support from outside organizations, the management, the regulations, the leaders, and the participation, respectively.
2. The findings of the comparison of the performance of the organic farming community enterprise networks in Amnat Charoen Province classified by basic factors showed that the differences of the experience in planting organic rice, the areas used to plant organic rice, the duration of being the members in the community enterprise networks, and the family members who were the labors in planting organic rice affected the opinions towards the performance different.