Promotion of rubber cultivation in non-traditional areas of Thailand : a case study of Sanam Chaikhet district, Chachoengsao province | |
| Author | Darunee Kosaisaevee |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.RD-03-10 |
| Subject(s) | Rubber plants--Thailand--Chachoengsao Plants, Cultivated--Thailand--Chachoengsao |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | The main purpose of this study is to analyze the prevailing situation of rubber and cassava in terms of production, trade, economic profitability to farmers including positive and negative factors of the rubber promotion scheme in Sanam Chaikhet district, Chachoengsao province where a number of farmers have planted rubber in the early stage of the promotion as representatives of the non traditional areas. Twelve rubber farm models were prepared in accordance with the farmers' farm management practices to study the profitability analysis of rubber investment. The main objective of these models is to reflect the impact of the fatm management practices on costs and revenues of rubber investments. The economic profitability are analyzed in terms of enterprise budgeting and investment analyses. Sensitivity analysis, based on depressed rubber prices and raised cassava price, were also carried out. The main findings in economic profitability analysis are: On the basis of enterprise budgeting analysis, all rubber farm models have greater average annual profits than cassava cultivation. Planting pineapple as inter crop in the first tlu·ee years, using l /2S 2/3d tapping system, producing rubber sheet as farm product by using own machine assets with the investment of life cycle 22 years return the most profit all among other fa1m models Based on the investment analysis measure the observation are: investment in all rubber farm models can return greater profits than cassava by providing IRR of incremental net benefit in investing rubber instead of cassava greater than discounting rate, positive NPV, and BCR greater than one. In investment analysis where time is considered as a major importance in investment, planting pineapple as inter crop in the first three years, using l/2S 2/3d tapping system, producing rubber sheet as farm product by using hired machine assets with the investment of life cycle 22 years return the most profit all among other farm models. The five main factors that influence rubber farmers to plant rubber as major crop in descending order comprise the followings: market accessibility, motivation of income security, narrower range of rubber price fluctuation, motivation of rubber product price, rubber plantation as an assets and also government sector providing grant or long term credit with grace period during rubber gestation. Similarly by the five main factors that influence cassava farmers to plant cassava as major crop in descending order comprise: familiarity with crop cultivation, less time consuming plant, capital inadequacy, small size of land holding, and accessibility of marketing The main findings related to influential factors of farmers to plant their major crop by probing in key personal and household characteristics of rubber and cassava farmers with chi-square test analysis indicate that type and size of own land holding of rubber farmers differ from cassava farmers significantly at the confidential level 99 % but they are similar in other key characteristics. |
| Year | 2003 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Rural Development, Gender and Resources (RD) |
| Chairperson(s) | Routray, Jayant K.;Dale, Reidar |
| Examination Committee(s) | Shivakoti, Ganesh P.;Wickramanayake, B.W.E. |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Rubber Research Institute of Thailand |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2003 |