Abstract:
The research aimed to study the personal factors affecting the marketing mixture in buying
the organic fertilizers PDI by farmers in Bajiangcharoensuk, Champasak, Lao PDR and to compare the personal
factors affecting the marketing mixture in buying the fertilizers of the farmers in the study as classified by sex,
age, marital status, education and incomes. The samples used in the study were 380 farmers who did the
farming in Bajiangcharoensuk, Champasak. The research instrument was a questionnaire. Statistics used in data
analysis were percentage, means, standard deviation, t-test and F-test.
The research findings were as follows.
1. The personal factors affecting the marketing mixture in buying the organic fertilizers by the
farmers in Bajiangcharoensuk, Champasak, Lao PDR were found to be at a high level. As regards individual
aspects, they could be ordered as follows: prices, products, distribution outlets, and marketing promotion.
2. Considering the personal factors affecting the marketing mixture in buying the organic
fertilizers by the farmers in the study, it was found that the subjects who were different in age had a
different view on products and distribution outlets at a statistical significance of .01; they held a different
view on prices at a statistical significance of 0.5; however, they had no different view on other aspects.
The farmers who had a different income had a different effect on buying the organic fertilizer PDI in light of
products, prices and distribution outlets at a statistical significance of .01. The farmers who were different in
sex, marital status, education and incomes had no effect on their buying the organic fertilizer PDI.