Basic Information and Factors Affecting the Increasing Production Efficiency of Hybrid Corn Seeds for Farmers in Tung-Hua-Chang District, Lamphun Province

Abstract

            The objective of this research aimed to study the agriculturist’s basic information that could increase the production efficiency of the hybrid corn seeds from Thung Hua Chang, Lamphun and to study the factors that could impact the efficiency of the hybrid corn seeds from the agriculturist in Thung Hua Chang, Lamphun by gathering survey information from 349 farmers. Using descriptive statistics, namely, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation as well as testing hypothesis with Multiple Regression Analysis.

            The results from the survey respondents, most of them were males, aged 41-50 years old and their education was undergraduate. The amount of family members averaged 3-5 people per household. Farmers were the main occupation, and have farming experience over 10 years. They owned farming area in the average of 6-10 farms (9,600 – 16,000 square meters) and owned the land for over 11 years. The need of improvement of hybrid corn seeds. The basic information from the research, affected to increase the production efficiency of the hybrid corn seeds. The result of the influence value was of 12.10 % (R² = .121). The most affect result is the level of the education. Secondly, the length of farming is area. Lastly, the ineffective results were the age of farmers, the number of family members in each household, the main and additional occupations for each household, and the experiences of each farmer. By the factors result that affected to increase production efficiency of the hybrid corn seeds in Tung Hua Chang, Lamphun of influence value are 54.40 % (R² = .544). The most affective result was the farmer skills, followed by the use of information technology, and the knowledge of agriculture management, respectively. Therefore, these famers need to focus on the managerial skill, the main production, cultivation system, maintain the farming equipment, and learn from their mistake.