04016nam a2200265 a 450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000200007324500800009326000570017330000350023049000270026552027600029250001450305250200580319765000570325565000530331270000490336570000450341470000490345971000390350871000780354781000590362585600660368420260818113436.0140622s2013    th ad  |||   |000 0 eng d  a.b121352390 aSassana Sornpha10aFarmer's decision - making on crop cultivation in the Northeast of Thailand  aPathum Thani :bAsian Institute of Technology,c2013  a88 leaves :bill., map, charts1 aThesis ;vno. RD-13-13  aThe research examined farmers{u2019} decision - making  on  crop  cultivation  in  the  Northeast  of  Thailand.  The  study  includes  five major  objectives:  to  investigate  why  some  farmers  changed  from  corn/cassava  cultivation  to  para - rubber  plantation  and  some  did  not;  to  analyze  farm  househol d  income,  including,  the  cost  and  return  from  corn/cassava  cash  crops  and  para - rubber; to study farmers{u2019} willingness to continue corn/ cassava cash crop  cultivation and    para  rubber  plantation;  to  analyze  reason s influencing farmers{u2019} decisions  including socio - economic,  biophysical,  institutional  and  infrastructure characteristics on  continuation of traditional cash crops and adopt ion of new cash crop plantation; and to give  the recommendation to develop crop cultivation  in the Northeast of Thailand . The  r esearch  was  operat ed  in  one  sub - district  in Northeast  of  Thailand  b ased  on  a  survey  questionnaire with total of 102 sampled hou sehold as important  method  to collect data . The  research  was  emphasize d on  quantitative  and also  qualitative  technique  was  used .  The  research   was   a   comparative   study   of  farmers   who   continue   growing  traditional  corn/cassava and  shift to para - rubber cultivation. Findings of this research shows that  three  significant  main  factors  influencing    no  shifting  and  shifting  from  corn  and  ca ssava  cultivation to para rubber consist of  household labor force size, average income from non - agricultural  activity  and  income  from  crop  which  play  as  important  role  on  farmers{u2019}  decision - making on crop  cultivation . Most  of  farmers  of  both  farmer  groups  a re  willing  to  continue  growing  current  cultivated  crops. The most important reasons dominated farmers{u2019} willingness to continue  growing  these  crops  include  high  price ,  availability  of  market  for  product,  suitable  land,  high  benefit,  adequate land, to have high experience,  adequate household labor , policy support  for  price  and  eas y  access  to  credit  respectively,  while  there  are  a  little  farmers  who  are  unwilling to continue growing current cultivated crops. The reasons play as important roles  for  far mers{u2019} unwillingness  include  high  cost  of  production,  low  benefit,  h ighly  indebted ,  no  adequate  land,  unsuitable  land,  low  soil  fertility  and  unavailability  of  irrigation  water  respectively. Recommendations were given  to suggest involved officers  for implem entation to  promote  stability and capability on farmers{u2019} crop cultivation and to  provide effective strategies  for  farmers {u2019}cropcultivation.   aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Regional and Rural Development Planning  aThesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2013 0aAgriculturexDecision makingzThailand, Northeastern 0aFarmersxDecision makingzThailand, Northeastern1 aAhmad,Mokbul Morshed,eExamination committee0 aSoparth Pongquan,eExamination committee1 aThapa, Gopal Bahadur,eExamination committee2 aAIT Fellowship,eScholarship donor2 aInternational Fellowship Program-Ford Foundation, USA,eScholarship donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. RD-13-13  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B03776