THE STUDY OF PROBLEMS IN PLANTING ORGANIC AGRICULTURE CROPS AND THE NEEDS FOR GREENHOUSE AND THE INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS IN PLANTING ORGANIC AGRICULTURE CROPS

Abstract

This survey research objectives were to study 1) the problem in planting organic agriculture crops and 2) the needs for greenhouse and the intelligence technologies system in planting organic agriculture crops. The sample group was 18 participants selected from the representative of the organic agriculture crop cultivator under the Surin 4.0 folklife agricultural organic farming project in Surin Province. The research tools consisted of a questionnaire and an interview form. Using research methodology followed this process, 1) contacted the participants for asking and interviewing information by phone interview. After that, analyzed and summarized the data and used it for discussion in the focus group consisting of the professionals in organic agriculture, agriculture technology, electronic, and information technology system development to brainstorm for finding the conclusions and recommendations of solving the problems in planting the organic agriculture crops. The results found that 1) the problems in planting organic agriculture crops are sunlight, temperature, insects, pests, and labour. 2) the needs for the greenhouse consist of choosing the appropriate structure size, strength materials with no rust and using dome roof form structure for better ventilation, used heat-protected clear plastic covering over the greenhouse with the insect mesh covering by sides for ventilation, building the smooth ground surface or cement ground, used the ventilation fan, installed CCTV for watching the crops, and solar cells system in case of no electricity. And 3) the needs for the intelligent technologies system included the facilities in watering the plant, showing the temperature and humidity, automatic decreased the temperature when overheating, and auto controller system by remote sensing commands.