Profitability Analysis of Selling Selected Lowland Vegetables to Middlemen, Dolores, Quezon, 2019

Date

2-2021

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, Dr. Agham C. Cuevas

Abstract

This study was conducted to analyze the profitability of selling selected lowland vegetables to middlemen in Dolores, Quezon. Specifically, it: characterized the lowland vegetable farmers in Dolores, Quezon; described the practices done in selling lowland vegetables; estimated the profitability of selling lowland vegetables to middlemen; determined the factors affecting the profitability of selling lowland vegetables to middlemen; and identified the problems encountered by the farmers in selling vegetables to middlemen and recommended ways for farmers to generate more income. Primary data were obtained through personal interviews using a pre-tested interview schedule. Seventy-three farmers were chosen using Cochran’s formula for sample size determination and proportional sampling. The study used descriptive analysis, cost and returns analysis, Fisher’s Exact Probability test, and multiple regression analysis.

Results show that land renters recorded the highest profit per hectare and farmers with 4-6 vegetable types had higher net income than farmers with 1-3 vegetable types. It was found that tenurial status was independent of the farmer’s profit while number of vegetable types directly affected it. In addition, the profitability of the farmer-respondents is inversely related to age and number of years in formal schooling and directly associated with volume of production. Lastly, high transportation costs, low prices received by the farmers, and high losses were the major problems encountered by the farmers in selling lowland vegetables.

Based on the findings of the study, the following were recommended: buiding common storage facilities that can protect the vegetable quality and promote efficiency of performing marketing functions; encourage farmers to form clusters or farmers’ group to achieve economies-of-scale and gain additional bargaining power; directly selling their vegetables to the bagsakan centers to receive higher prices; and provision of real time market information to the farmers.

Language

English

LC Subject

Vegetables -- Marketing

Location

UPLB College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2021 A14 M34

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