Sustainable resource management practices on rice farming: A case of Sa See Moom, Kamphaeng Saen district, Nakhon Pathom province, western region, Thailand

Vol. 20 NO. 2 Page 171-180

อังกฤษ

E20-การบริหาร/ธุรกิจเกษตร

F01-การผลิตพืช

C20-การส่งเสริม

RICE;FARMING SYSTEMS;SUSTAINABILITY;RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;EXTENSION ACTIVITIES;THAILAND

ข้าว;การเกษตรแบบยั่งยืน;การจัดการทรัพยากร;ระบบเกษตร;การส่งเสริมการเกษตร;จ.นครปฐม อ.กำแพงแสน

Trend towards significant unsustainable conditions has led much emphasis on rice farming practical skills in the area. Apparently, the total of management techniques used on the farms are considered being not sustainable. Group participation and communication of agricultural technologies are found being fairly sustainable whereas land, power, market, and technology being satisfactorily sustainable. Farm credit is very satisfactorily sustainable while labor is excellently sustainable. In regard to adoption of sustainable resource management practices, cropping system is evidently being not sustainable management practice while soil management, pest management, and water management being fairly, satisfactorily and very satisfactorily sustainable respectively. Productivity is found being fairly sustainable while income generation being satisfactorily and food security being excellently sustainable performance of the management practices. Overall taken into account the availability of physical resources and their management practices are considered being satisfactorily sustainable resource base. Statistically, adoption of sustainable resource management practices exhibits significant positive correlation with water, labor, technology, communication, and resources as a whole while their performance shows positive relationship with land, labor, and power. Cumulatively, sustainable resource management practices display positive association with land, labor, and total resources. Critical problems hindering the majority of farmers in sustainable resource management place due emphasis on pests, low farm product price, high input price, lack of manures as well as effective and efficient technical support system. To enhance the continued sustainability, farmers have suggested to promote a more demand-oriented farming systems approach, continually develop and supply productive planting materials, suitable varieties, appropriate technologies and farm inputs via locally validated appropriate information-technology generation and supply networks. The existing deficiencies in the status of resources and their management practices may, in part, be due to the consequence of widespread practices of green revolution technologies. Thus knowledge-based sustainability support system to enhance technologies should be promoted by strengthening existing research and development programs and mobilizing farmers' group and their full participation toward sustainability via more creative management techniques most appropriate for the farmers' state of readiness as a significant end.

Trend towards significant unsustainable conditions has led much emphasis on rice farming practical skills in the area. Apparently, the total of management techniques used on the farms are considered being not sustainable. Group participation and communication of agricultural technologies are found being fairly sustainable whereas land, power, market, and technology being satisfactorily sustainable. Farm credit is very satisfactorily sustainable while labor is excellently sustainable. In regard to adoption of sustainable resource management practices, cropping system is evidently being not sustainable management practice while soil management, pest management, and water management being fairly, satisfactorily and very satisfactorily sustainable respectively. Productivity is found being fairly sustainable while income generation being satisfactorily and food security being excellently sustainable performance of the management practices. Overall taken into account the availability of physical resources and their management practices are considered being satisfactorily sustainable resource base. Statistically, adoption of sustainable resource management practices exhibits significant positive correlation with water, labor, technology, communication, and resources as a whole while their performance shows positive relationship with land, labor, and power. Cumulatively, sustainable resource management practices display positive association with land, labor, and total resources. Critical problems hindering the majority of farmers in sustainable resource management place due emphasis on pests, low farm product price, high input price, lack of manures as well as effective and efficient technical support system. To enhance the continued sustainability, farmers have suggested to promote a more demand-oriented farming systems approach, continually develop and supply productive planting materials, suitable varieties, appropriate technologies and farm inputs via locally validated appropriate information-technology generation and supply networks. The existing deficiencies in the status of resources and their management practices may, in part, be due to the consequence of widespread practices of green revolution technologies. Thus knowledge-based sustainability support system to enhance technologies should be promoted by strengthening existing research and development programs and mobilizing farmers' group and their full participation toward sustainability via more creative management techniques most appropriate for the farmers' state of readiness as a significant end.

[1] Aphiphan Pookpakdee (Kasetsart Univ., Faculty of Agriculture, Dept. of Agricultural Extension and Communication)
[2] Supaporn Thaipakdee
[3] Pote Boonruang
[4] Sharma, Ram Naresh

[1] Pote Boonruang (Kasetsart Univ., Bangkok (Thailand). Faculty of Agriculture. Dept. of Agricultural Extension and Communication)
[2] Supaporn Thaipakdee
[3] Aphiphan Pookpakdi
[4] Sharma, Ram Naresh