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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Main Authors: Wongwai, Krisdakorn, Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty, Wong, Kelly Kai Seng, Ali, Fazlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Global Academic Excellence 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97285/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
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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.eprints-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
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Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty
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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
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97285/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
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