การศึกษาเปรียบเทียบพฤติกรรมการเปิดรับข่าวสารความรู้ ทัศนคติ และการป้องกันกำจัดศัตรูพืชแบบผสมผสาน ของเกษตรกรที่เป็นสมาชิก และไม่เป็นสมาชิกโครงการพยากรณ์ และเตือนการระบาดศัตรูข้าว จังหวัดชัยนาท / สุรัตน์ ตรีสุกล = The comparative study of trained and unirained farmers in media exposure, knowledge, attitude and practice of integrated pest control in sureillance area (Sews) of Chai Nat province
This is the comparative study on 217 trained and 159 untrained farmers’ media exposure, knowledge, attitude and practice of integrated pest control in Surveillance Area (SEWS) of 5 districts in Chai Nat Province. The main purpose of this study is to use the findings as the baseline data for defining appropriate scope of knowledgeable content relating to pest control and guldelines for planning effective communication module that can reach farmers. The findings are as follows : 1. Both tralned and untrained farmers had low degree of media exposure and cosmopoliteness. Most farmers received general information mostly from radio, television and newspapaer orderly. The lnterpersonal media was more significant source of information on pest control than mass media. The most desired source of pest control information is the Plant Protection Service Unit (PPSU). 2. Trained farmers had higher socio-economic status, as well as more correct knowledge, attitude, and practice in pest control and pesticide safe use than did the untrained farmers. 3. Both trained and untrained farmers had low knowledge on natural enemies and economic threshold. Most of them could not name correctly the chemicals for certain pests and did not quite perceive the hazardous effects of chemicals to environment and natural enemies. 4. Both groups of farmers did not believe in the efficiency of natural enemies but did so in using chemicals as the most effective means of pest control. 5. Participation in pest control training was a significant factor related with knowledge, attitude and practice of pest control and use of chemicals. Besides, farmers who had correct knowledge on and attitude toward SEWS programme would also have correct knowledge on and attitude toward pesticides. 6. By using Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis, it was found that attitude and knowledge were influential factors supporting the practice of integrated pest control and the safe use of pesticides.
