INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY

Volume 17, No. 01, Month JANUARY, Year 2021, Pages 349 - 362

Factors affecting farmers’ adoption of good agricultural practice in vegetable production in the upper north of thailand

Supapunt, P., Intanu, P. and Chaikampun, K.

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Results revealed that ten factors contributed to an increase in the probability that farmers adopted high-level GAP principles and a decrease in the probability that farmers adopt low-or moderate-level GAP principles. These factors include owning capital for GAP vegetable production, borrowing capital for GAP vegetable production, diversity of GAP vegetables, suitable prices, the knowledge provided by private entities on the food safety of GAP vegetables, a positive attitude toward GAP vegetable production, being a member of Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives, being a member of a farmer group, being a member of a community enterprise, and being a member of other interest groups. Meanwhile, the six factors associated with a decreased likelihood that farmers adopt high-level GAP, and a subsequent increased probability that farmers adopted low-or moderate-level GAP included age, education, freshness of GAP produce, knowledge provided by government agencies on the food safety of GAP vegetables, being a member of a village fund, and satisfaction with participation in training on GAP standards.

Keywords

Factors affecting adoption, Good Agricultural Practice (GAP), GAP vegetables

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