The Effects of Road Widening on the Farm-Level Adaptive Strategies and Incomes of Roadside Ornamental Plant Growers in Bay and Calauan, Laguna, 2020

Date

6-2020

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics

College

College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Salvador P. Catelo

Committee Member

Salvador P. Catelo, Antonio Jesus A. Quilloy, Agham C. Cuevas

Abstract

Road widening has greatly affected the primary source of livelihood of roadside ornamental plant growers in Bay and Calauan, Laguna, as it hampered both production and marketing of plants in the area. Thus, understanding the existing farm-level adaptation strategies brought about by road widening provides essential input for the 611:mulation of additional adaptation initiatives and strengthening ornamental plant growers' activities to manage the effects of the intervention.

The general objective of the study was to evaluate the effects of road on the farm-level adaptation strategies and incomes of roadside ornamental plant growers in Bay and Calauan, Laguna. The specific objectives were to evaluate changes in the levels of management capacity of the growers, determine farm-level adaptive strategies, and assess Ille changes in operating margin and incomes of the growers after road widening.

In-depth interviews and FGDs were transcribed and truncated for the questionnaire 611:mulation used for the 45 randomly selected grower-respondents. The levels of management capacity measurement were done by quantifying responses using Likert sale, and farm-level adaptation strategies were assessed from the in-depth interviews and RiD. Effects on incomes were measured using costs and returns analysis, and from there, Ille NCFI and NFI were computed. Lastly, Pearson's correlation was used to measure the amelation of (1) land area was paired with the levels of the management capacity of the growers, and (2) land area was paired with production cost and total revenue

Daily farm operations of the growers have been disrupted causing different changes in the manner and volume of production of plants. Road widening showed that production and marketing areas were reduced to more than half with a 67.23 percent average addiction rate in land area. There is a change in the manner of planting, disbudding ,-bing, and selling of plants due to decreased land area. The overall production decreased after road widening. Effects recorded are 1) decreased production, 2)business insolvency, 3) fewer customers. Furthermore, it has caused a consequential damage in the levels of the managerial thinking and management process effectiveness, explaining the significant reduction in the levels of management capacity of the growers. llan:over, grower-respondents adopted eight farm-level adaptation strategies related to the change in management capacity, due to road widening. Incomes showed a significant percentage decrease after road widening from PhP in 2012 to PhP in 2017, causing several ornamental plant enterprises to shut down their operations. Lastly, land area, loads of management capacity and NFI of roadside growers have a positive relationship with each other.

In conclusion, road widening has triggered changes in ornamental plant operations, and levels of management capacity, allowing growers to adopt fann-level adaptation strategies that affected their income from the industry. Having adequate knowledge about the skills of the growers is useful to improve farm-level adaptations, beneficial for the management and financial success of the future grower-entrepreneur in the area.

Language

English

LC Subject

Agriculture

Location

UPLB College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2020 A14 K33

Document Type

Thesis

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