TY  - SER
AU  - Salvago,Marta Ruiz
AU  - Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen,
AU  - Faysse,Nicolas
AU  - Shrestha,Surendra Man
AU  - Szabo,Sylvia Maria
ED  - Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship,
TI  - Enhanced entry of young generation into agriculture: a case study in Prachinburi, Thailand
T2  - Thesis
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Pathum Thani
PB  - Asian Institute of Technology
KW  - Rural youth
KW  - Thailand
KW  - Pachinburi
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Agriculture
N1  - A thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of science in Regional and Rural Development Planning; Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2018
N2  - Research indicates the decreasing involvement of young generations in agriculture.  Researchers have put forward as well the external factors that precede the low or decreasing  participation of young people in farming. This qualitative and quantitative case study was  designed to explore with a sample of young people in rural areas the internal factors or driving  forces that might divert young people's interest away from farming; whether young people's  current (decreasing) participation on farming is a reflection of their actual willingness or  interest to get involved in agriculture. The rationale for this study is based on the need to better  inform policy to tackle the issue of aging farmers. In order to enhance the installation of new  young farmer, we need to understand whether young people do not want to do farming due to a  generational shift on their preferences, or they want but are not able to due to their perception  on agriculture and the current constraints it involves.  The selected sample was composed of a total of 86 young people: 26 respondents from  Hua Phai (village 1),40 respondents from Bang Rung Rot (village 2) and 20 respondents from  Pho Yen (Village 3). All villages are within Bang Sang district in Prachinburi Province,  Thailand. The primary data-collection method was in-depth interviews. Secondary data was  gathered from Bang Sang Registration District Office. The data were coded and organized  according to the research question. Analysis and interpretation of findings were organized by  the three objectives of the research study:  a)Young people's perception on farming problems (chapter 5)  b)The conditions under which young people would re/consider to get involved in  agriculture (chapter 6)  c)To review the incentive policies for young farmers in response to the decreasing  involvement of young generations in agriculture (chapter 7)  The main finding of this research is that, despite the low involvement of young  generations in agriculture young people in fact, would like to become farmers, they have not  lost interest. It is due to the current rural conditions that farming is not viewed as an  economically reliable occupation. Owing to this demeaning conditions and perception of  young people of farming that from early ages they steer their professional future towards the  alternatives to agriculture they consider feasible, mostly factories (an increasing sector in the  area). It is at this point that when young people consider the option to do farming as income-  generating activity, they perceive knowledge as their turning point to become successful  farmers. Due to current rural trends of high migration of young people, Thai rural settlements  may go through a profound transformation. Rural villages where young people are still lured  by agriculture as economic activity may preserve the viability of small farmers and thus, a self-  reliance development path. On the other hand, rural villages where young people do not  perceive farming as an economically reliable activity may become a place of residence but may  not remain a place of work. Rural settlements may become economically reliable on migration  towards the industrial sector and urban areas; hence remittance may stand as a key source of  incomes for rural vilIagers.
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