Factors affecting the production of export quality durians by farmers in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand
2019
Sukprasert, Patana | Datepumee, Nuttapon | Jatuporn, Chalermpon | Thongkaew, Supat
The quality of durian fruits is a very important factor which contributes to the confidence of consumers and countries that import durian products, thus helping farmers to face the problem of dramatic drops in the price of durian products. Increasing the quality of durians produced by farmers is important in the process of producing export durians in Thailand. The objective of this research is to study basic economic, social and technological factors in the production of durians, including related factors affecting the potential of farmers in producing quality durian fruits for export. The sample includes 393 durian farmers in Chanthaburi province and descriptive statistics is used to explain the basic characteristics of farmers as well as binary logistic regression to prove factors affecting the farmers’ potential. The findings highlighted soil texture, training attendance, durian maturity inspection, spread of pests, branch pruning, application of fertilizer on fruit maturity and income were factors that affected the farmers’ potential to produce quality durians for export.
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