FACTORS AFFECTING SATISFACTION WITH USING DRONES FOR AGRICULTURE IN THAILAND

Abstract

The study of factors affecting satisfaction with using drones for agriculture in Thailand had the objective are 1) To study the behavior of choosing to use unmanned aerial vehicles for agriculture in Thailand, 2) To study satisfaction with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for agriculture in Thailand, 3) To compare the thoughts of farmers with the behavior of choosing to use unmanned aerial vehicles classified according to personal factors. This research uses quantitative research with an online questionnaire as a tool for collecting sample data. A method of selecting people who using agriculture drones sample of 400 people by analyzing the data with the statistical package. The statistical values used in the data analysis were frequencies, percentage, mean, standard deviation and inferential statistics. The results are the following.     

            The results of the research found that: most of the respondents were 31-40 years old of 218 people,  168 people were domiciled in the central region, 229 people were agriculturist, 122 people had an income of 30,001 - 40,000 baht, 110 people were users of drone for agriculture has more than 1 year but not more than 2 years of experience and 212 people having undergone training before using drone for agriculture. The results of the hypothesis testing found that there are statistical significant differences at a level of 0.05 in the satisfaction with using drones for agriculture in Thailand with different demographic characteristics and there are statistical significant differences at a level of 0.05 in the satisfaction with using drones for agriculture in Thailand with different using drones behavior.