Satisfaction of Large-scale Rice farmers with Services provided by Agricultural office District in Lam Luk Ka, Pathum Thani province, Thailand

Abstract

This research aimed to study the satisfaction of large-scale rice farmers with the services of the Lam Luk Ka District Agricultural Office, Pathum Thani Province. Data were collected from 96 farmers using a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were analyzed, including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Hypotheses were tested using the t-Test and F-Test. The results of the study found that the sample group was mostly male, married, 51-60 years old, completed primary education, and had 5-6 household members. Other occupations were business owners or private traders. Income from rice farming is 200,001-300,000 baht per year. They have rice farming experience of 26-30 years. Farmers prefer to grow Khao Khao 41 rice at 33.33 percent. The results of the study of farmers' satisfaction with the services of the Lam Luk Ka District Agricultural Office found that farmers were most satisfied in all aspects, including 1) personnel (average 4.49), 2) service procedures (average 4.48), 3) physical characteristics of the Lam Luk Ka District Agricultural Office (average 4.27), and 5) technology and information (average 4.43). The results of the hypothesis testing found that large-scale rice farmers who engaged in other occupations alongside rice farming had significantly different satisfaction with the services of the Lam Luk Ka District Agricultural Office at a statistical level of 0.05.