- Zhou Fei
Faculty of Management, Shinawatra University, Thailand
pricechow@siu.ac.th https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3753-9224 - Sukhumpong Channuwong
Faculty of Management, Shinawatra University, Thailand, Research Fellow, International Institute of Management and Business, Belarus.
kruprofessor@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4468-1683 - Pensri Bangbon
Faculty of Management, Shinawatra University, Thailand.
pensri.b@siu.ac.th https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3956-7149 - Prapas Siripap
Faculty of Management, Shinawatra University, Thailand
prapas.s81@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7155-9076 - Ye Jia
Sichuan Top IT Vocational Institute, China
yejia1213@sina.com https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9152-887X
Volume 11 - No: 2
SOCIOECONOMIC AND ADAPTIVE DETERMINANTS OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (SDG 2) IN THAILAND
DOI: 10.28978/nesciences.262012
Keywords: Adaptive capacity; economic factors; institutional-social factors; sustainable agricultural development (SDG 2)
Abstract
This research aims to analyze the causal relationships among economic factors, institutional-social factors, adaptive capacity, and sustainable agricultural development (SDG 2) in Thailand. Data were collected from 320 farmers across Thailand using stratified random sampling. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to test the research hypotheses. The results of SEM analysis showed that economic factors exerted a significant direct effect on adaptive capacity (β = 0.438, p < .001), institutional-social factors had a significant direct effect on adaptive capacity (β = 0.386, p < .001), while adaptive capacity had a significant effect on sustainable agricultural development (β = 0.517, p < .001). Economic factors and institutional-social factors had a significant effect on sustainable agricultural development (β = 0.368, p < .001) and (β = 0.326, p < .001) respectively. The mediation analysis further demonstrated that adaptive capacity mediates the relationship between economic factors and sustainable agricultural development (β = 0.368, p < .001) and between institutional-social factors and sustainable agricultural development (β = 0.326, p < .001). These findings highlight that adaptive capacity serves as a critical mediating mechanism linking economic, institutional, and social factors to sustainable agricultural development in Thailand and provides practical guidance for achieving sustainable agricultural development).