TY  - SER
AU  - Sirinath Matra
AU  - Soparth Pongquan,
AU  - Shivakoti,Ganesh P.
AU  - Thapa,Gopal B.
ED  - Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship,
ED  - IFP- Ford Foundation Scholarship,
TI  - Farmers' satisfaction with sugarcane contract farming: a case study in Surin Province, Thailand
T2  - Research studies project report ; no. RD-09-04
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Pathum Thani, Thailand
PB  - Asian Institute of Technology
KW  - Sugarcane
KW  - Thailand
KW  - Surin
KW  - Contracts, Agricultural
N1  - A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the   degree of Master of Science in  Regional and Rural Development Planning; Research studies project report (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2009
N2  - The  research  studied  about  farmers{u2019}  satisfaction  with  contract  farming  through  sugarcane   plantation  in  Surin  province,  Thailand.  It  aim ed  to  identify  problem s  of  contract  farming   and to assess the level o f satisfaction of  farmers on financial profitability  and institutional  arrangements  in  order  to  make  recommendations  through  the  policy  measures  on  the   contract farming.   The  research  was  conducted  in  rural  area  namely  Paak -Ja-Rang  village.    The  main  data   collection  methods  were  a  sampled  household  survey,  group  discussion  of  farmers,  who   made  agreement  with  the  sugarcane  factory,   and  field  observation.  Both  quantitative  and   qualitative techniques w ere applied in  data analysis of this research.  The  research  found  that  the  economic  return   from   the  sugarcane  contract  farming  were   negative particularly. Most of the contract farmers obtained low income as deficits. Mainly  causes of financial profitability were low  income gaining and high production cost owing  to  inputs  supply  and  labor  wage s  were  costly.   Capital  cost  which   defined  as   the   interest   rate of loan repayment was high, poor productivity caused by drought and low purchasing  price of sugarcane were affected to income decreased.   The  perception  of  farmers  on  the  satisfaction   of  contract  farming  generally  was  high.   Throughout  payment  procedure,  follow  up  farmers{u2019}  performance,  inputs  provided,  credit   received,   period   of   contract,   quality    standard,   production   quota   and   crop   delivery    arrangements,  farmers  were  satisfied  with.   It  was  only  low  price  of  purchasing  caused   them   unhappy.  There  were  some  training  provided,  technical  advice  and  the  absence  of   crop failure insurance arrangements made farmers neutral. The  two finding were identified  as problem s as well.   The  recommendations  were  suggested  to   measure  policy  for  improving  and  making   farmers  m ore  satisfied  with  contract  farming   through  intensifying  of  low  interest  rate  of   input  supply  from   the  government.  The  inventions  of  fair  purchasing  sugarcane  price,   including the provision of credit sc heme with low interest rate of  loan were also proposed
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