Ex-ante assessment of profitability of women participation in coffee value addition in selected towns in Cavite, 2019

Date

3-2021

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics

College

College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Julieta A. Delos Reyes

Committee Member

Antonio Jesus A. Quilloy, Agham C. Cuevas

Abstract

This study aimed to determine ex-ante the profitability of women participation in coffee value-adding activities in Cavite. Specifically, it: described the participation and role of women in coffee value addition in Cavite; determined the reasons for non- performance of coffee value-adding activities other than production and drying of coffee berries; assessed the profitability of coffee farming and coffee drying; evaluated the profitability of engaging in other coffee value-adding activities; and draw the policy implications of the results of the study.

A total of 44 men and 28 women coffee farmers were interviewed from each sampled barangay from the top three coffee producing municipalities in Cavite – Alfonso, Amadeo and Silang. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis. gender mapping, profitability analysis, labor efficiency, test of differences in means between genders and computation of value-added.

Coffee farmers had limited access to resources, only 32 percent are members of farmers’ organization and had access to trainings while only 19 percent had access to credit. Comparing the two gender groups, women had greater access to organizational membership and credit by 12 and 9 percent, respectively while men have greater access to trainings by 1 percent only.

All of them were active in harvesting, drying, and packaging. Men were more active in existing coffee practices especially in pruning/weeding, application of fertilizer, rejuvenating and selling than women. Men were more labor efficient with efficiencies of 3.70 and 3.05 during peak and lean seasons, respectively and average of 3.45. Women had only 2.80 (peak), 1.46 (lean) and 3.03 (average of two seasons).

Coffee can be processed into other forms: green coffee beans (GCB), roasted coffee beans (RCB) and ground coffee (GC) but existing producers produced only dried coffee beans. Projecting the profitability of coffee value addition, coffee farmers can earn additional PhP17,002 (DCB), PhP20,332 (GCB), PhP84,777 (RCB) and PhP76,885 (GC). The form of coffee with the highest possible value-added amount in both gender groups was RCB. By gender, it was found that it is more profitable for women to process RCB value-added amounting to PhP146,227 (peak), PhP28,199 (lean), and PhP91,326 (average of two seasons. In contrast men are set to receive only PhP114,640 (peak), PhP44,584 (lean), and PhP77,476 per hectare for the two-season average.

In general, the coffee farmers do not want to engage in additional value-adding activities and some of the reasons include lack of access to coffee processing machineries and facilities, labor-intensive activities, succession problem, low volume of production, and low price of coffee. The following recommendations were suggested: (a) encourage farmers to rejuvenate and replant coffee trees (b) supporting farmers to get them involved in coffee value addition, (c) clustering the farmers and strengthening their capabilities for value addition, and (d) engaging the youth in coffee farming business.

Language

English

LC Subject

Coffee Industry -- Employees

Location

UPLB College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2021 A14 I56

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