Attribute Organic
farmers
Non-organic
farmers
Household size 4.0 4.2
Average agricultural labor force size (no/hh) 2.2 2.3
Average farm size (rai/hh) 16.70 25.06***
Annual income from agriculture (Baht/hh) 40,974 129,697***
Average area under vegetables (rai/hh) 0.51 1.2***
Annual income from vegetable (Baht/hh) 12,024 47,542***
Average year of growing vegetable 6.7 6.1
Average cattle herd size (head/hh) 5.1 5.0
Average amount of organic fertilizer (kg/rai) 6715 4197**
Average of amount of synthetic fertilizer (kg/rai) e 755.5
Average amount of bio-pesticide (liter/rai) 26.62 16.73
Average amount of synthetic insecticide
and pesticide (liter/rai)
e 73.5
**P < 0.05; ***P < 0.01.
hh ¼ Household; 6.25 rai ¼ 1 hectare.