Production and management of plantation crops in selected farms in Quezon and Davao

Date

4-1982

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Horticulture

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Ismael S. Anunciado

Co-adviser

Severino E. Cuevas

Abstract

ABSTRACT The major farm practice was done in selected farms in Quezon and Davao from January to June 1981. Socio-economic, biological and physical problems faced by Philippine agriculture were evaluated both in small and big commercial farms. Farm labor resource is available but small farmers are unable to fully utilize it because of limited financial resources. Marketing scheme of farm produce is very poor and exploitative middlemen are taking advantage of the small farmers. Insect pests and diseases, the farmer's worst natural enemy, posed great danger to crops. Infrastructure systems are directed to the advancement of selected few communities instead of pouring such resources to the rural areas, the back-bone of Philippine agriculture. The small farmers have very limited resources and only employed simple but appropriate cultural manage-ment practices which are either developed by the farmer himself, adopted from other farms or from information gathered elsewhere. On the other hand, big commercial farms have the resources both financial, technical manpower and facilities hence they are equipped with modern trends and technologies as well as sophisticated

tools and machineries. The small farmers are in need of effective exten-sion workers, extension workers who are committed to do their jobs, have the needed training and are equipped with working knowledge on modern trends of crop produc-tion. Usage of organic fertilizers should be intensified to replace the scarce and expensive synthetic fertilizers. Awareness on pollution effects of banned chemical pesti-cides should be made to prevent further environmental deterioration.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

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Document Type

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