Extension and client systems' perception of rice farmers' training needs in Chiangmai, Thailand
1986
Thanupon, S.
The rice farmer-respondents had a mean age of 48 years, an average formal schooling of 4 years, farm size of 7.5 rais, farming experience of 21 years, and family income of 31, 026 bahts. One-half of them attended an average of two training programs in 1985 but more than one-half were affiliated with village organizations. Majority were aware of the presence of tambon extension agents with whom some of them had personal contacts monthly. Half of the farmer-respondents visited agricultural institutions twice. Majority of the tambon agents graduated from the Junior Colleges of Agriculture. Half of them worked with other agencies before joining DAE [Department of Agricultural Extension]. They underwent training for an average of 2.6 times annually, had 14 times a month as their average number of farm supervision/farm visits to rice farmers, and their mass media utilization was categorized as "often" with favorable perception on the values of education. The farmer-respondents' personal characteristics did not affect their training needs. The tambon agents' perception of farmers' training needs was affected by the number of years of schooling, work and training experiences, and number of2018contacts with clientele. Both respondent-groups preferred lecture and discussion with practical application and field trips as training methods. The farmer-respondents indicated Mejo Insitute of Agricultural Technology and their respective villages as training sites between Jan to Jun with a duration of one week or less. A commonality existed in the perceptions of both respondent-groups on the training needs of rice farme
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