Factors Relating to the Success in White Shrimp Farming under the Standard of Good Aquaculture Practice (GAP) in Laemsing District, Chanthaburi Province
The purpose of this research was to study the factors relating to the success in white shrimp farming under the standard of Good Aquaculture Practice (GAP) in Laemsing District, Chanthaburi Province. The sample were 149 households located in Laemsing District, Chanthaburi Province. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire. The statistics used in analyzing data were: frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, minimum value, maximum value and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that there were 6 factors relating to the success in white shrimp farming under the standard of Good Aquaculture Practice (GAP) in Laemsing District, Chanthaburi Province, including: 1) white shrimp pond size ( X = 2.46, S.D = 1.03), 2) communication between farmers (X = 19.71, S.D = 28.02), 3) number of family labor (X = 1.45, S.D = 0.61), 4) membership in agricultural institutions at 79.90%, 5) white shrimp raising farm trip under GAP standard (X = 1.96,
S.D = 0.53), and 6) communication with fishery department officers (X = 2.91, S.D = 1.43) which had a relationship with great statistical significance and could join and help predict the success at 63.50% (R2=0.635). The independent variables that had a positive relationship were: white shrimp
pond size, membership in agricultural institutions, communication between farmers, white shrimp raising farm trip under GAP standard and number of family labor. While the independent variables that had a negative relationship was the communication with fishery department officers. The results of this research could be used as database for efficiently planning and developing white shrimp farming for farmers and other relevant agencies.
