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Explorations into alternative action strategies in agricultural extension in six villages in Roi Et Province, Thailand / Puthachart Chunsakorn.

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Chunsakorn, Puthachart [author]

Contributor(s):

Depositario,Pura T [adviser]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Los Baños, Laguna, 1984. Cavite State University- Main Campus,Description: 208 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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DDC classification:

630.715 C47 1984

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Abstract: CHUNSAKORN PUTHACHART, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, March 1984, Explorations into Alternative Action Strategies in Agricultural Extension in Six Villages, Roi Et Province, Thailand. Major Adviser: Dr. Pura T. Depositario. This study mainly sought to identify alternative strategies in extension education in order to promote technology transfer among the farmers and determine the effectiveness of these strategies in perception, knowledge level and attitude changes among the farmers. A total of 473 farmers were respondents in this study, most of whom were males (90%). Their mean age was 45.27 and most of them (87%) had completed the primary (grade four) level of formal schooling. All were believers of Buddhism and regularly attended temple exercises as required by their faith. The farmer-respondents were members of the minority group called "Suei" of the Loantian tribe in Thailand who speak the "Pasa Esan" dialect, The farmer~respondents' main source of livelihood was rice cultivation with animal raising and fishing as secondary sources of income. A few were also engaged in sericulture, silk-weaving and bamboo basket making. The average annual household income was US$323.65, and average cultivated land per household were 3.53 hectares. Three alternative strategies used to disseminate techno- logical information on various farm practices in the six villages in Tunglung subdistrict were: (1) The formal group contact; (2) the contact farmer; and (3) the informal group contact. The perception, knowledge level and attitude were measured before and after the implementation of the three strategies. Analysis of covariance with unequal sub-samples with CRD and T-test were used to test equality between mean of each variable before and after implementation of the three strategies. Interrelationships between variables were tested by the coefficient correlation. Significant findings are as follows: 1) There was a highly significant increase in the farmer-respondents' perception, knowledge level, attitude after the implementation of the action strategies. 2) The strategy most effective in changing the knowledge level of farmers was the formal group contact followed by the informal group contact and contact farmer. 3) Farm technology could be disseminated more effectively if farmers were organized into formal groups. 4) Efficient technological information flow between and among researchers, extension agents and farmers; continuous training program for the farmers; and intensive utilization of the mass media in technology transfer were important support in the implementation of the three action strategies.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	URL	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Theses / Manuscripts	Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Theses Section	Non-fiction	630.715 C47 1984 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Link to resource	Room use only	T-1394		00002287

Thesis (Ph.D. - - Extension Education) University of the Philippines, College, Laguna.

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CHUNSAKORN PUTHACHART, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, March 1984, Explorations into Alternative Action Strategies in Agricultural Extension in Six Villages, Roi Et Province, Thailand. Major Adviser: Dr. Pura T. Depositario.

This study mainly sought to identify alternative strategies in extension education in order to promote technology transfer among the farmers and determine the effectiveness of these strategies in perception, knowledge level and attitude changes among the farmers.

A total of 473 farmers were respondents in this study, most of whom were males (90%). Their mean age was 45.27 and most of them (87%) had completed the primary (grade four) level of formal schooling. All were believers of Buddhism and regularly attended temple exercises as required by their faith. The farmer-respondents were members of the minority group called "Suei" of the Loantian tribe in Thailand who speak the "Pasa Esan" dialect,

The farmer~respondents' main source of livelihood was rice cultivation with animal raising and fishing as secondary sources of income. A few were also engaged in sericulture, silk-weaving and bamboo basket making. The average annual household income was US$323.65, and average cultivated land per household were 3.53 hectares.

Three alternative strategies used to disseminate techno- logical information on various farm practices in the six villages in Tunglung subdistrict were: (1) The formal group contact; (2) the contact farmer; and (3) the informal group contact.

The perception, knowledge level and attitude were measured before and after the implementation of the three strategies.

Analysis of covariance with unequal sub-samples with CRD and T-test were used to test equality between mean of each variable before and after implementation of the three strategies. Interrelationships between variables were tested by the coefficient correlation. Significant findings are as follows:

1) There was a highly significant increase in the farmer-respondents' perception, knowledge level, attitude after the implementation of the action strategies.

2) The strategy most effective in changing the knowledge level of farmers was the formal group contact followed by the informal group contact and contact farmer.

3) Farm technology could be disseminated more effectively if farmers were organized into formal groups.

4) Efficient technological information flow between and among researchers, extension agents and farmers; continuous training program for the farmers; and intensive utilization of the mass media in technology transfer were important support in the implementation of the three action strategies.

Submitted to the University Library 01/07/1994 T-1394