Factors Affecting Income of Farmers Who Farm People in Phayakkhaphum Phisai District, Maha Sarakham Province

Sutida  Chomsawat; Thanyachanok Pawala

doi:10.14456/jsasr.2021.14

Authors

Sutida Chomsawat Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University, Thailand
Thanyachanok Pawala Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University, Thailand https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3512-9413

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14456/jsasr.2021.14

Keywords:

Income, , Farmers, , Farm People

Abstract

The objectives of this study aimed to, 1) the context and general economic conditions of farmers’ farms in the village, and 2) the factors affecting the income of farmers’ farms in the village. The collection by survey with a questionnaire with 135 samples of farmer’s farms in villages no,9, 10, and 15, Lan Sakae Sub-district, Phayakkhaphum Phisai District Maha Sarakham Province to the data. Data analysis to analyze by descriptive statistical analysis including percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The results that the context and general economic conditions of farmer’s farms in the village to most of the 79 people as male (58.5%), 64 people (47.4%) as under primary education, the minimum age was 26 years, (58.2%), the minimum area for farming as 1 rai, the income of farming as the lowest of 900 baht, the highest of 114,600 baht, the average of 28,836.6667 baht. Factors affecting the income of farmers who farmed at a significant level of 0.05., such as the size of the farming area and the income of farming. The variables that did not affect the income of the farmers’ farm at the level of 0.05, such as sex, age, number of workers, and irrigated area.

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