SMART FARM: TECHNIQUES AND MODEL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUDDHIST ORGANIC AGRICULTURE NET WORKS IN CHIANGRAI PROVINCE

Abstract

              The study on the Smart Farm: Techniques and models for development of Buddhist organic agricultural networks in ChiangRai, had the purposes to study and develop techniques on Buddhist agricultural managements in ChiangRai as well as on Buddhist organic agricultural networks. The population and the target group were 400 people from the Farmer school, Raicherntawan, McNena farm and the Farmer Network in ChiangRai. The data collection was done through an interview. The statistic analysis was completed with Percentage, the Standard Deviation, Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient and Path analysis. The statistical analysis program was used to analyze the data focusing on the quality with the so-called Content analysist method.

                The result showed that techniques and models of the development of Buddhist organic agricultural networks in ChiangRai when considered the total effects, the fame of the head a Buddhist college (CEL) played the strongest effect towards the Buddhist organic agricultural networks with the direct influence at 0.356. The indirect influential factor with the strongest effect towards the Buddhist organic agricultural networks was the knowledge (LOC) with the accumulated influence at 0.333. And lastly, the indirect and direct influential factor with the strongest effect towards the Buddhist organic agricultural networks was the religion (BUD) with the total effect at 0.593.