Abstract:
The purpose of this research is to study the marketing factors that influence the decision to purchase fertilizer by rubber farmers in Chiangkham district, Phayao province. This study was done by analyzing gender, education level and the average monthly income of the rubber plantations and the role of those who are involved (owner vs. labour). The findings will be used to develop the marketing potential of chemical fertilizers to match the needs of consumers in the future. The research sample for this study was taken from the rubber farmers in Chiangkham district, Phayao province of 1,039 cases. Calculated by means of Taro Yamane. There is a 95 percent confidence level. The researcher has conducted the study by analyzing a representative sample. The number of rubber farmers in the sample was 289 from Chiangkham district, Phayao province. The tool that has been used in this research was a questionnaire that was a distributed query supported by specifics (purpose Random Sampling). The researcher analyzed the data using a computer program. The statistics used in this study were frequency, percentage, average, standard deviation test t- test and f-test analysis, One way ANOVA, in case the differences are statistically significant. To detect a different pair, a significant level of 0.05 or a 95% confidence level using a formula based on the least significant difference (LSD) to compare to the average population. The results showed what the marketing factors are that influence the decision to purchase the fertilizer in the representative sample in Chiangkham district, Phayao province. Overall the 4 marketing factors, namely product, price, promotion, and channel are in the high level (x̅ = 3.85) when analyzed as individual factors. Every factor that influences the decision to purchase the fertilizer is in the high level. Channel has highest average (x̅ = 3.98), second is product (x̅ = 3.96), third is promotion (x̅ = 3.83) and the last is price (x̅=3.62) respectively. Apropos of gender, education level, average monthly income of the rubber plantation and the role of those who are involved (owners, labor). The research shows that for all the different factors the influence on the decision of rubber farmers to buy fertilizers are not different. It can be accepted as H0 at the significant level of 0.05 which is the information result of the research which, in turn, can be utilized to develop the chemical fertilizer market to match the needs of consumers in the future.