Factors affecting the adaptation of farmers affected by the urban expansion of Chiang Mai city
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It has been many affected factors in urban expansion on the agricultural sector in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The research revealed that urban expansion caused to decrease in agricultural areas, while housing projects, shopping malls, buildings, and numbers of non-local labors were increased. Farmers noticed these changes in low-level of adaptation. The five factors found significantly affected the farmers’ adaptation. The farmers who gained high education, small agricultural land, in membership group, and received agricultural information from various sources, and agreed that there are changed in agriculture due to urban expansion found to be high level of adaption. Government officers should raise the farmers’ awareness of urban expansion that affected on the sustainability of agricultural occupation. They should promote adaptation knowledge and provide production inputs to the farmers. Furthermore, farmer group should be encouraged the farmers to share their knowledge and experiences with others.
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