DEVELOPING A MODEL OF STRATEGIC FARMING TECHNIQUES FOR FARMERS WITH SMALL-SCALE ARABLE LANDS

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The study concentrated on the strategic farming techniques of farmers with small-scale arable lands. Specifically, the study provided data on the profiles of the farmers including the age and years of farming; and the strategic farming techniques in terms of adaptive management, cooperation, ecology-based strategy, economics-based strategy, holistic and complex systems thinking, knowledge and science, and subsidiary. Meanwhile, the study used the quantitative research design of descriptive survey in gathering data on the 30 farmers with small-scale arable lands as the respondents who were selected using the purposive sampling technique. Moreover, the survey questionnaire used in data gathering was based on a systematic review on sustainable agriculture. Statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, and ANOVA were used in treating the data gathered. The results indicated that the farmer-respondents are aged 40-52 years old and had been farming their small-scale arable lands for 3-27 years; the farmer-respondents preferred the strategic farming techniques, particularly in terms of cooperation opportunities; there is no significant difference in the strategic farming techniques of farmers when grouped according to their age and their years of farming; and the study proposed a model of strategic farming techniques as an output to guide the farmers in improving their farming practices.

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