Financial benefit of improving food availability and accessibility of a middle-income household in Barangay Puypuy, Bay, Laguna through home gardening

Date

6-2023

Adviser

Job Jonas C. Ruzgal

Principal

Mabel S. Buela

Abstract

This study aimed to see the financial benefits a middle-income household can acquire from improving food security through urban gardening. The study focused on a middle-income household in barangay Puypuy, Bay, Laguna that has the resources and capability to start and maintain a house garden. A modified questionnaire based on UNECE was used to assess the food security level and the crop preference of the family. A decision matrix was used to determine the three crops that were used for the cropping calendar and the proposed layout. The created layout was then assessed via cost-benefit analysis to determine its financial viability. The investment cost and MOOE of the garden was assumed by the researchers which totaled to PhP 8 333.26. The estimated yield of each crop in the garden was then calculated by using 80% of the theoretical yield. The estimated yield was then divided into two groups; one group to be consumed by the household the other to be sold. With a food security index of 13.52% and a cereal percentage of 7.57% the household was deemed food secure under the guidelines provided by IFPRI. Therefore, the benefit that will come from the proposed garden can be translated either into sales or savings. These two groups provided the savings and income of the household which summed up to a total income of PhP 8716.69. The total profit of the household was then calculated to be PhP 383.00 for the first year and PhP 1557 for the preceding years without the cost of investment. In conclusion the garden provides financial benefit to the household, but is sensitive to multiple variables. The study has a lot of testing to do before arriving at an absolute conclusion as to whether urban gardening truly has financial benefit, but in this particular study it is safe to say it does.

Language

English

LC Subject

Capstone

Location

University of the Philippines Rural High School

Document Type

Capstone

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