Use of the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) model to examine sustainable agriculture in Thailand

Q1 Social Sciences
Xuewei Liao , Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen , Nophea Sasaki
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Abstract

Sustainable agriculture plays an important role in achieving sustainable development goals with regard to food security and environmental conservation. Sustainable agriculture relies on sustainable farming practices that reduce greenhouse gas production, the wise use of local natural resources, and reductions in negative impacts on the environment and human health. Sustainable farming practices can be driven by various factors, such as the socio-environmental setting, socio-cognitive factors, agricultural institutions, and policy. This study used the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) model to examine farmers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices in the area of sustainable agriculture. It also considered the factors affecting farmers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Two different socio-environmental contextual settings in Surin Province (a Thai-Cambodian border province) of Thailand are considered. The results show that there are differences between the two different socio-environmental contextual settings with regard to farmers’ sustainable agricultural practice perceptions, knowledge, and attitudes. Farmers’ perceptions of environmental degradation, the number of years of agricultural experience, and agricultural policy drive farmers’ attitudes and individual sustainable practices. Another major result of the study is that individual farmers’ attitudes and practices promote collective sustainable agricultural behaviors. The implication of these findings is that it is necessary to improve the learning ability of individual farmers on the environment and sustainable agricultural practices through social learning and scientific knowledge dissemination, so as to produce sustainable collective development behaviors.

运用知识、态度和实践(KAP)模型考察泰国的可持续农业
可持续农业在实现与粮食安全和环境保护有关的可持续发展目标方面发挥着重要作用。可持续农业依赖于可减少温室气体产生的可持续耕作方式、明智地利用当地自然资源以及减少对环境和人类健康的负面影响。可持续农业实践可以由各种因素驱动,如社会环境、社会认知因素、农业机构和政策。本研究采用知识、态度和实践(KAP)模型来考察农民在可持续农业领域的知识、态度和实践。它还考虑了影响农民知识、态度和实践的因素。考虑了泰国素林省(泰柬边境省份)的两种不同的社会环境背景设置。结果表明,在两种不同的社会环境背景下,农民对可持续农业实践的认知、知识和态度存在差异。农民对环境退化的看法、农业经验的年数和农业政策决定了农民的态度和个人的可持续实践。该研究的另一个主要结果是,个体农民的态度和做法促进了集体可持续农业行为。研究结果提示,需要通过社会学习和科学知识传播,提高农民个体对环境和可持续农业实践的学习能力,从而产生可持续的集体发展行为。
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Regional Sustainability
Regional Sustainability Social Sciences-Urban Studies
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