A study of technology transfer process for producing granule organic fertilizer from local materials in community

Abstract

The main objective of this articipatory research was to study technology ransfer process for producing granule organic fertilizer in Nongkrathum community using qualitative and semi-experimental methodology. The main instruments consisted of interview, questionnaire, and training. The samples and key informants were farmers and technology instructors. Data analysis and synthesis involved content and inductive analysis, fundamental statistical analysis, and Wilcoxon Sign-Rank test. Results showed that the technology transfer process was divided into three stages: 1) Knowledge and persuasion stage, 2) Decision stage, and 3) Implementation stage which included 2 training sessions. Only eight of farmers could participate in both training sessions. The total mean scores of satisfaction in technology were at moderate level ( =3.28) before training and very high level ( =4.25) after training. Regarding expectation of utilizing the technology before training, 62.5% of farmers had high expectation. However, 87.5% of the farmers had a very high expectation after training. Comparison of expectations before and after training showed significant differences at the level of .05.