The rice industry is of great importance to the economic development of Thailand. Despite being one of the world's top three rice exporting countries, many rice farm households in Thailand continue to struggle with poverty because of the oligopoly mar...
The rice industry is of great importance to the economic development of Thailand. Despite being one of the world's top three rice exporting countries, many rice farm households in Thailand continue to struggle with poverty because of the oligopoly market structure. Rice revenue is expected to be raised as farm households increase production. However, this study focuses on the effect of mobile phone-based information and marketing channel choice on farm households’ rice revenue by changing the rice price they receive. It was found that marketing information does not affect an increase in rice price, but the price changes depending on marketing channels. Farm households obtain higher rice prices when they sell rice to community enterprises than millers, resulting from rice varieties. However, adopting information via device has a positive influence on rice prices among those who sell rice to village markets. To examine the causes, we estimate the determinants of marketing channel choice using the Multinominal Logit Model. As a result, the probability of selling to village markets increases with gender and access to credit compared to millers. However, mobile phone-based information is not statistically significant in the process of choosing marketplaces. Access to credit, market distance, and organic rice are more effective in a selection of marketing channels rather than marketing information. Keyword: rice price, rice revenue, marketing channel choice, mobile phone-based information, marketing information Student Number : 2022-25943