Means to Promote Lifelong Learning of Farmers to Wards Community Economics of Growing Poisonless Vegetables

Abstract

               This research aims to study conditions of Lifelong Learning of farmers towards community economies of growing poisonless vegetables as the result to determine means to promote Lifelong Learning of farmers towards community economies of growing poisonless vegetables. This study is a qualitative research. The data were collected from twenty-one participants consisted of community context wisdom, poisonless vegetable farmers, master farmers, community leader, agricultural promotion officer, and consumer. The collecting data tools were used semi-structure interview, interview guide, and focus group discussion guideline to validate data triangulation and descriptive analysis.
               Research finding were as follows: 1) Conditions of LifelongLearning of farmers towards community economics of growing poisonless vegetables, the mainly farmer learns from past-experiences, then learns from suggestion of the head of Chandao Salad center, after that applied in suitable areas to learn Life-changing; family gets more income, livewith sympathy and assist to each other, participated social activities to get better health, environment, and ecosystem as the result to community economic development, 2) Means to promote Lifelong-Learning of farmers towards community economics of growing poisonless vegetables should be provided knowledge about growing method with organic fertilizer, and provided knowledge progressively together with create Learning-network to extend the
knowledge.