Adoption of Mangosteen Production in Accordance with Good Agricultural Practices Standards by Farmers in Phrom Khiri District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study 1) social and economic conditions 2) adoption of  good agricultural practices standards and 3) problems and recommendations with adoption of good agricultural practices standards. The study population consisted of 204 mangosteen farmers who registered with the Department of Agricultural Extension in the production year of 2021/2022. The 135-sample size was based on Taro Yamane formula with the error value of 0.05. Structured interviews were used for data collection. Statistics used were frequency, percentage, mean, minimum, maximum, standard deviation, and ranking.  The results indicated that 1) Most of the famers were male with average age of 56.07 years. There was an average of 2.25 agricultural workers. The average experience in mangosteen planting of 20.10 years. The average received training on good agricultural practices standards of 1.58 times in 5 years. There was an average mangosteen planting area of 6.37 rai. The average mangosteen production cost was 3,550.00 baht per rai per year. The average income from growing mangosteen was 14,658.14 baht per rai per year. 2) Mangosteen production of accordance to good agricultural practices of farmers at a high level on issue harvest and post-harvest practices and a moderate level on issue acceptance of data recording. 3) The problems of farmers producing mangosteen according with good agricultural practice standards were at a high level in the issue of marketing, The product has an uncertain price. And the recommendation for increasing the variety of distribution channels, and farmers should form groups to mangosteen production in accordance with good agricultural practice standards.