ADOPTION OF QUALITY HOM MALI RICE PRODUCTION ACCORDING TO GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE OF FARMERS IN ROI ET PROVINCE

Abstract

This research was aimed to study and compare the adoption of quality Hom Mali rice according
to good agricultural practice in Roi Et Province by gender, age, education, experience in planting Hom Mali
rice, number of labors in the family. and areas of land owned for growing rice. The sample for this study
consisted of 378 farmers who participated in the Increasing for Production Potentiality of Quality Hom Mali
Rice Project in Roi-Et Province. A five-point rating scale questionnaire with 0.89 reliability was employed
to collect the data. To analyze the data, frequency, percentage, means, standard deviations and one-way
ANOVA were utilized. Results of the study were as follows.

1. The adoption of quality Hom Mali rice according to good agricultural practice of farmers in
Roi Et Province was at a high level.
2. The farmers who differed by sex, education and experience in planting Hom Mali rice were
statistically significant difference in adoption of quality Hom Mali rice according to good agricultural
practice. However, no difference was found for farmers who differed by age, number of labors in the
family. and areas of land owned for growing rice.