Rural organization and fertilizer adoption [in Chiang Mai, Thailand]
1981
Vivat Shotelersuk
The primary objective of this study is to determine the extent of agricultural cooperatives' contribution to fertilizer diffusion at the farm level. A systematic interview of villagers together with the observation of village behavior and attitude in rural Chiangmai form the hard core data on which the findings of this empirical study rest. Chi-square tests of independent variables have been employed to determine the relationship of agricultural cooperative membership and fertilizer adoption. None of the results is statistically significant. This implies that agricultural cooperative fails to influence fertilizer adoption in the research area. This is consistent and thus reinforced by the field observation. The failure of the agricultural cooperative in introducing fertilizer to farmers is due not only to the inefficiency of the cooperative but also the unfavorable price ratio between fertilizer and agricultural product as well as the unreliable quality of fertilizer. The field data collection was financed by an ADC research grant. The report writing has been made possible by ISEAS of Singapore.
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