The Development of a database system for lac cultivation in Lampang Province การพัฒนาระบบฐานข้อมูลการเพาะเลี้ยงครั่งจังหวัดลำปาง

Abstract

The purposes of the research were to 1) develop a database management system for lac cultivation in Lampang Province 2) study the efficiency of the system and the user's acceptance of the technology 3) survey of lac cultivation in Lampang Province. The population for this study is personnel in charge of agricultural extension in Lampang Province, a total of 98 people, were selected using a purposive sampling method. The research tools used include:  1) Lac Culture Database System for Lampang Province.  2)  Efficiency Assessment Form for the Lac Culture Database System of Lampang Province. 3) Technology Acceptance Questionnaire. The statistics used are the mean and standard deviation.

            The research investigated 1) A survey on lac cultivation in Lampang province revealed: There are 2,033 lac farmers cultivating lac on an area of 4,949 rai. Wangnuea district has the most farmers (939, or 46.19%).Rain trees are the most common host (54.48%).The province produces 1,358,852.80 kilograms of raw lac, generating a total income of 179,558,441 baht. Ngao district has the highest yield (634,369 kilograms, or 46.68% of the total) and income (70,838,940 baht). This translates to an average income of 769,988.47 baht per farmer in Ngao. Most farmers in Ngao District cultivate lac on litchi trees. 2) A database designed to collect information on seven aspects of lac cultivation: System user information, Information on trees used for lac cultivation, Information on lac cultivation areas, Farmer information, Information on lac production, Weather station information and Weather monitoring information. The system's efficiency and user acceptance were evaluated. Experts rated the system's functionality, resulting in a very good score with a mean of 4.22 (S.D. = 0.90).  3) A separate study examined user technology acceptance through a sample group. This group also reported high satisfaction with a mean score of 4.31 (S.D. = 0.52) on a Likert scale.