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Abstract

The Study of Household Demand for Farm Labor in 2017

The Study of Household Demand for Farm Labors in 2017 aimed at

investigating farm labor efficiency and demand by crops and farm sizes as well as

willingness of alien labors from Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to work in Thailand.

This study was conducted by in-depth interviewing with 2,016 sample farmers who grow rice,

cassava, maize, rubber, palm oil, durian and longan, including companies or agents who

imported foreign labors.

The study found that farm sizes were important factors effecting to labor

efficiency. For all crops, small farms had less labor efficiency than large farms. Small farms

solely depended on family labors while large farms had both family and hired labors. In case

of field crops, farm machineries were widely used in large farms.

Regarding demand for farm labors, the results classified by crops and sizes

were as follow. Rice farming trended to decrease in labor demand when farm sizes increased

due to substitution effects between machinery and labors. Cassava had an upward trend in

labor demand, particularly Thai labors, as farm sizes increased. In case of maize and rubber,

there was a tendency of high demand for Thai and alien labors when enlarging farm sizes. Oil

palm and Durian mostly depended on labors, therefore, demand trends of Thai and alien