| Objective of research was to plan the rubber-based farming system in Seaw Subdistrict, Muang District, Loei Province regarding the economically optimal cropping pattern. The researcher utilized a purposive sampling for 3 villages and then a total of 50 farmers were interviewed accidentally with the aid of structured questionnaire. The methods of descriptive analysis as well as linear programming (LP) approach were employed. The LP results were revealed mainly as follow. In the first cropping year, the net on-farm income of rubber based farming systems increased according to the replicated farm. As the result of area allocation, the optimal ratio of cultivated area for the rubber, corn and millet should be 41.20: 22.73: 36.07. Meanwhile, if the farmer would... |
