Analysis of Rice Farmers' Adoption of Farmers Field School Rice Crop Management Practices in Selected Towns of Laguna, 2019

Date

1-2020

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics

College

College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Arvin B. Vista

Committee Member

Arvin B. Vista, Antonio Jesus A. Quilloy, Agham C. Cuevas

Abstract

This study analyzed the rice fanner participants' knowledge and adoption of Farmers Field School (FFS) Rice Crop Management Practices and its association with productivity of their rice farms in selected towns of Laguna. Specifically, it determined the socio-economic characteristics of rice farmer participants and their farms, such as age, sex, number of years in formal education, trainings that are related to rice production, number of years in farming, attendance in the FFS on Sustainable Rice Production Program, membership in farming organization, share of rice farming to household income, and tenurial status. It assessed the technical factors of rice farmer participants such as their retained knowledge regarding FPS rice crop management practices and their perception whether FFS rice crop management increases productivity or not. This study also assessed the adoption of FFS rice crop management practices of rice farmer participants in the selected towns of Laguna based on its adoption percentage and based on the categories of FFS rice crop management practices adoption. The factors influencing their adoption of FFS rice crop management practices were identified and the study concluded whether there is an association between adoption percentage of FFS rice crop management practices and productivity. Policy recommendations were made from the results coming from the primary data, secondary data, descriptive analysis, multiple regression analysis, productivity analysis, and Pearson correlation coefficient.

Based on descriptive analysis, about 70 percent of the rice farmers have a fair knowledge regarding FFS rice crop management practices, only 30 percent have a poor knowledge, and no one has a good knowledge about it. Given that they have a fair knowledge, 76.19 percent of the farmers are high adopter, 23.81 percent of them are medium adopter and none of them is low adopter. It was discovered that farmers who do not own the land have higher adoption percentage compared to those who own the land. Aside from this, farmers who have higher level of adoption have lower age, higher share of rice farming to household income, and higher level of knowledge regarding FFS on Sustainable Rice Production. Using multiple regression analysis, the factors influencing the rice farmer participants' adoption of FFS rice crop management practices are age, share of rice farming to household income, and tenurial status. Share of rice farming to household income is the only factor that positively influences adoption. Results show that there is no association between FFS rice crop management practices adoption and productivity of the rice farmers based on Pearson correlation coefficient.

Given that farmers are willing to adopt FFS rice crop management practices but are having a hard time in recalling what has been taught in the program, the government, specifically with the help of ATI should target younger rice farmers as future participants of FFS and give handouts of what has been taught in the FFS trainings to its participants. To prove that FFS rice crop management practices increase productivity and profitability, national scale research regarding the association of FFS rice crop management practices with productivity and profitability in certain agricultural crops is recommended to be conducted.

Language

English

LC Subject

Agriculture

Location

UPLB College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2020 A14 S25

Document Type

Thesis

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