Management and marketing aspects of calamansi farms in Balete, Lipa City.

Date

11-1968

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Biology

College

College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

J. Sta. Iglesia

Co-adviser

N. R. Deomanpo

Abstract

Of the 70 farms studied, 39 were fully-owned, Par six were partly-owned, and 25 were tenanted. The average size of a farms was 1.87 hectares, of which 1.49 hectares were planted to calamansi and the restio rice, corn, vegetables, and coconut. The farmers planted either seedling alone or a combination of seedling and budded calamansi seedling. The adopted distance of planting was four by four meters. Pruning, fertilizing, cleaning, cultivating, and inter-cropping were the common farm practices but not spraying. The capital investments per farm was 0 44,363 for fully-owned, 0 35,013 for partly-owned, and 0 29,421 for tenanted farm. Of this, 98 per cent was in land and two per cent for livestock and tools and equipment. The owner group had the highest investment among the tenure groups. The average yield per hectare was 284 "kaings" for all farms surveyed. The average price during the crop year 1966-1967 was 0 23.00 per .kaing". The average total expenses of / 3,068 was incurred in the production of calamansi per hectare. Net farm earnings averaged r 8,000. The part-owners obtained the highest per cent earned on capital, 25 per cent; followed by tenanted, 23 per 'cent; and the full-owners, 19 per cent.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

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Document Type

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