Factors influencing small farmers to participate in sugarcane loading stations in Thailand
Sugarcane loading stations were established in the sugarcane business in Thailand for more than ten years to decrease the transportation cost of the small farmers. However, the participation rate was rather low. The main objective of this study was to investigate the factors influencing sugarcane sm...
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| author | Wongwai, Krisdakorn Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty Wong, Kelly Kai Seng Ali, Fazlin |
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| description | Sugarcane loading stations were established in the sugarcane business in Thailand for more than ten years to decrease the transportation cost of the small farmers. However, the participation rate was rather low. The main objective of this study was to investigate the factors influencing sugarcane small farmers to join contract farming with sugarcane loading stations. Descriptive analysis was used to describe farmers’ demographic profiles and farms’ characteristics. Factor analysis was used to determine factors influencing farmers’ motivation to join with loading stations. Social participation was revealed as the factor the most influenced farmers’ motivation to join with loading stations, followed by economic constraints and individual goals, which these two factors have also significantly influenced the farmers’ motivation to join with loading stations. Conversely, the sign of education (positive) and age (negative) were estimated in the logistic regression analysis, which increases age level will reduce the small farmers’ motivation to participate in the sugarcane loading stations, and the higher education level will increase the small farmers’ motivation to participate in the sugarcane loading stations. |
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| spelling | upm-972852022-09-12T05:02:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97285/ Factors influencing small farmers to participate in sugarcane loading stations in Thailand Wongwai, Krisdakorn Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty Wong, Kelly Kai Seng Ali, Fazlin Sugarcane loading stations were established in the sugarcane business in Thailand for more than ten years to decrease the transportation cost of the small farmers. However, the participation rate was rather low. The main objective of this study was to investigate the factors influencing sugarcane small farmers to join contract farming with sugarcane loading stations. Descriptive analysis was used to describe farmers’ demographic profiles and farms’ characteristics. Factor analysis was used to determine factors influencing farmers’ motivation to join with loading stations. Social participation was revealed as the factor the most influenced farmers’ motivation to join with loading stations, followed by economic constraints and individual goals, which these two factors have also significantly influenced the farmers’ motivation to join with loading stations. Conversely, the sign of education (positive) and age (negative) were estimated in the logistic regression analysis, which increases age level will reduce the small farmers’ motivation to participate in the sugarcane loading stations, and the higher education level will increase the small farmers’ motivation to participate in the sugarcane loading stations. Global Academic Excellence 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97285/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Wongwai, Krisdakorn and Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty and Wong, Kelly Kai Seng and Ali, Fazlin (2021) Factors influencing small farmers to participate in sugarcane loading stations in Thailand. International Journal of Supply Chain, Operation Management and Logistics (IJSCOL), 2 (3). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2682-8685 http://www.ijscol.com/ 10.35631/IJSCOL.23001 |
| spellingShingle | Wongwai, Krisdakorn Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty Wong, Kelly Kai Seng Ali, Fazlin Factors influencing small farmers to participate in sugarcane loading stations in Thailand |
| title | Factors influencing small farmers to participate in sugarcane loading stations in Thailand |
| title_full | Factors influencing small farmers to participate in sugarcane loading stations in Thailand |
| title_fullStr | Factors influencing small farmers to participate in sugarcane loading stations in Thailand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors influencing small farmers to participate in sugarcane loading stations in Thailand |
| title_short | Factors influencing small farmers to participate in sugarcane loading stations in Thailand |
| title_sort | factors influencing small farmers to participate in sugarcane loading stations in thailand |
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