Knowledge and practice following good agricultural practices (GAP) in Durian cultivation along the border in Srisakorn district, Narathiwat province
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Results indicated that the farmers owning durian plantations had knowledge related to GAP in high level ( = 36.06). For practicing levels which followed eight items of GAP, the study found that highest rate to produce in the storage and transportation ( = 1.89), and the second-highest rating was used for agricultural hazardous substances ( = 1.81). The lowest rating at moderate level was water resources ( = 1.19). Factors related to GAP were gender, education level, source of money, farming experience, advice from the extension officer, experienced knowledge exchange, and level of GAP knowledge. These were associated with sub-items of GAP with statistical significances at p-levels of 0.01 and 0.05. Various stakeholders can use the results of this study for planning work urged the farmers to adopt practices which directly followed to GAP under the sub-items surveyed
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