Black pepper production of Yacal Farm, Lipa City, Batangas
Date
3-1999
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
Abstract
The practicum was conducted at the Yakal Farm. Lipa City, Batangas from June 1997-September, 1998. The farm adopted the recommended technologies for black pepper production and postproduction as well as soil fertility management practices These contributed to the production of high quality whole black pepper.
The average yield of the farm in 1998 was 1.04 tons of dry whole black pepper per hectare, 29% lower than the average yield of 1.46 tons in 1996. This can be attributed to the El Nino phenomenon.
Benefit cost analysis showed that the total production cost per hectare was P61,548.00 while the gross income and gross margin at P 220.00 per kg were P229,888.00 and P168,340.00 per hectare respectively. The cost to produce one kilo of whole pepper was P58.90. Labor cost contributed half of the total cost and irrigation operation was the most expensive item of cost.
Spraying 20 ppm 2, 4-D solution to the vines with about to bloom and blooming flowers twice at weekly interval did not reduce spike abscission but delayed in attaining the peak abscission time.
Language
English
Location
UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)
Call Number
Thesis
Recommended Citation
Arceta, Reynaldo Mote, "Black pepper production of Yacal Farm, Lipa City, Batangas" (1999). Undergraduate Theses. 10233.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/etd-undergrad/10233
Document Type
Thesis