บทบาทขององค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลต่อการพัฒนาการเกษตรในจังหวัดพะเยา

Abstract

The objectives of this study were 1) to describe the roles of Tambon Administration Organization on agricultural development. 2) to determine the relationship among personal factors, social factors, political factors and the roles of Tambon Administrative Organization on agricultural development and 3) to explore obstacle problems and suggestions of Tambon Administrative Organization on agricultural development. The populations in this study were presidents or vice-presidents of Administration Organization, Chief Administrators of the Tambon Administration Organizations, agricultural technical officer or community development officer of all Tambon Administrative Organization in Phayao Province. The total number of all participants was 102. Questionnaire was used as a research instrument. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, namely, percentage, average, mode, minimum, maximum, standard deviation, and test hypotheses by multiple linear regression analysis. The results showed that the population in this study were mostly males at the average age 43 years, married, post-graduates degree. Tambon Administration Organization was in charge of an area less than 100 square kilometers. The agricultural areas in the responsible areas of Tambon Administration Organization was less than 50 square kilometers. The number of population in the responsible areas was 5,001-7,000. The number of farmers in the responsible areas was less than 3,000. Most of the participants were knowledgeable about agriculture with sustainable agriculture systems and did not receive any prior agricultural training. Most of them were contacted and received recommendations from agricultural technical officers, agricultural specialist, or related organization. Most of them gained agricultural information and knowledge from radio. The Tambon Administration Organizations were mainly established for more than 16 years, mostly with 21-30 members. According to the studies conducted on the role of Tambon Administration Organization on agricultural development, there were high level with the grand mean of 1.50. Hypothesis testing showed that gender, contacted and received advice from the agricultural officers and agricultural specialist were statistically significant related to the role of Tambon Administration Organization on agricultural development at the level of 0.01, while the sources of agricultural information and knowledge was statistically significant related to the role of Tambon Administrative Organization in agricultural development at the level of 0.05. Problems and obstacles of Tambon Administration Organization on agricultural development found in this study were as follows: budgets are not enough, farmers and local people did not cooperate in resolving the issue. Tambon Administration Organizations did not recognize the real problems of the areas and the farmers. The government’s policies were unstable and inadequacy of personnel for agricultural related responsibility. Recommendations from this research are: the budget allocation for agricultural development should be more provided, increase the agricultural workforce, study the problems of agriculture in the Tambon prior to the agricultural development planning and take more coordinate with the related organization.