Farmers' satisfaction towards organic catfish culture in cages, case study, KhuMueang District, Buriram Province

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the satisfaction of model farmers in raising organic catfish in cages, in KhuMueang District,Buriram Province.Conducting a questionnaire survey with 30 model farmers raising organic catfish in cages during July 2021. It was found that most of the model farmers were both male and female, representing 50 percent. Most of the model farmers were in agebetween the ages of 41-50 years, 46.7% had the highest average level of overall satisfaction (=4.50, S.D. = 0.45). The highest was the quality of activities (=4.58, S.D. = 0.47), followed by the facilities(=4.56, S.D. = 0.52), and the working group (=4.48, S.D. = 0.60) and process steps in the activities(=4.44, S.D. = 0.50), respectively.The present studies suggest that raisingorganic catfish in cages was highly satisfied by the model agriculture in KhuMueang District,Buriram Province.It can be raised as a supplementary occupation or main occupation of agriculture in fishery, and increases the food supply in the household and in the community. Food security in the community and may have a lot of additional income for the agriculture in the community in the future.