Profitability and Productivity of Purple Yam Production in San Pablo, Laguna, 2019

Date

5-2020

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics

College

College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Antonio Jesus A. Quilloy

Committee Member

Agham C. Cuevas

Abstract

The supply of purple yam (dioscorea alata) is decreasing from 2009 to 2018 by roughly 0.05 percent per year. Purple yam is a root-crop that takes 10 months to mature. For the last decade the volume and area harvested have both been decreasing. The general objective of the study is to analyze the profitability of purple yam production in San Pablo City to see if the industry is financially and physically capable of increasing the production of purple yam. Based on a sample of 39 purple yam farmers in San Pablo City in the province of Laguna, the study found out that purple yam farming in the said location is profitable earning Php 0.68 profit for every peso of revenue. The purple yam production’s profitability was influenced by the rate of complete and organic fertilizer applied and hired labor. However, the application of urea may not be a necessity given that complete and organic fertilizers and ammonium sulphate application is already being practiced. The sample farms recorded a mean yield of 2.64 tons/ha, which is lower than both the national yield of 5.59 tons/ha and regional yield of 6.55 tons/ha.

Language

English

LC Subject

Crops, Farm produce

Location

UPLB College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2020 A14 Z37

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