 การประชุมวิชาการOn-farm diversification of rubber farming and its economic impact: A systematic reviewผู้แต่ง: Iona Yuelu Huang, Katy James,  Ms.Nithicha Thamthanakoon, Lecturer , Pim Pinitjitsamut, Nararat Rattanamanee, Dr.Montchai Pinitjitsamut, Assistant Professor , Dr.Sophon Yamklin, Lecturer , James Lowenberg-Deboer, การประชุมวิชาการ: |
 หัวเรื่อง:ไม่มีชื่อไทย (ชื่ออังกฤษ : Determinants of Adoption of Crop Diversification by Smallholder Rubber Producers in Southern Thailand: Implications on Natural Resource Conservation) ผู้เขียน:อรอนงค์ ลองพิชัย สื่อสิ่งพิมพ์:pdf AbstractThere is little empirical evidence regarding the local and internal drivers of diversification in rubber farming systems and crop diversification affecting the decisions of households in undertaking resource conservation measures. This study aimed to analyze the determinants of crop diversification and their effect on natural resource conservation. Primary data were collected from 200 farm households using a structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, logistic regression, and multiple regression were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that 70 percent of the sampled farmers have diversified their farming systems. Logistic regression analysis indicated a significant influence of several factors on the adoption of crop diversification by farmers: lack of water, attendance at agricultural training, rubber price fluctuations, savings, and schooling period. Multiple regression analysis, performed to explore the impact of crop diversification on natural resource conservation at the farm household level, revealed that diversified farming systems have a positive influence on natural resource conservation practices along with the other significant influencing factors of: attendance at agricultural training, schooling period, lack of water, and poor soil fertility. This study has practical implications for the present and future of crop diversification and natural resource conservation promotion in rubber farming systems. |
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Researcherดร. โสภณ แย้มกลิ่น, อาจารย์ที่ทำงาน:ภาควิชาเศรษฐศาสตร์เกษตรและทรัพยากร คณะเศรษฐศาสตร์ สาขาที่สนใจ:Agribusiness, ธุรกิจเกษตร, Value Creation, Design Thinking, Business Model Innovation, Business Model Canvas, Innovation, Customer Insight, Value Proposition Design, Reinvent Business Resume |
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หัวเรื่อง:ไม่มีชื่อไทย (ชื่ออังกฤษ : Diversification of Smallholding Rubber Agroforestry System (SRAS) Thailand) ผู้เขียน:Buncha Somboonsuke, Prawat Wetayaprasit, Parinya Chernchom, กนกพร ภาชีรัตน์ สื่อสิ่งพิมพ์:pdf AbstractThe rubber agroforestry system is an alternative agriculture practice for rubber smallholders to enhance the ecological integrity and crop diversity. The data collection for the study of diversification of smallholding rubber agroforestry system (SRAS) included 300 rubber farms of 21 systems in the south, east, and northeast of Thailand. The project results revealed that there are a multitude of 21 rubber farming systems in Thailand. These systems can be classified into three main types: (1) the intercropping rubber-food crop system, growing short-lived plants, for example, pineapple, chili, banana, rice, sweet potato, long bean and corn, for a rubber period, no longer than 36 months; (2) the rubber-fruit crop system, growing multicrop within the rubber area during the rubber productive period. The most common fruit crops that have been grown in Thailand are guava, gnetum, long kong, salacca, mangosteen, durian, and levistona, etc., and (3) the rubber-timber species system, normally yielding higher income to rubber smallholders since the sales of both rubber and wood products are at the same time and this is coupled with the presently high value of wood. The important timber varieties in the rubber area are neem and teak. As for profitability of Smallholding Rubber Agro forestry System (SRAS), it was noted that pineapple, chili, salacca, and gnetum are highly profitable. However, in the rubber-pineapple system which yields the highest income, the cost of investment is the highest too, when compared to the rubber-gnetum system which requires minimal input and low cost of production and management. The main conditions for decision-making in the rubber intercropping system are as follows: (1) farm household labor requirement, (2) knowledge and experience, (3) extension and policy implication, (4) marketing opportunity, (5) consistent capability of local communities, and (6) land topography and sustainability. For SRAS development strategy in the southern Thailand, improvement should be made on pricing and marketing of agroforestry products, appropriate technology for higher productivity, greater farm efficiency and risk reduction at farm level, and more synchronized co-ordination among stakeholder agencies at the regional level. |
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