Analysis of marketing system of tilapia in Cabuyao, Laguna, 2016

Date

5-2016

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics

College

College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Jose M. Yorobe, Jr

Abstract

The study assessed the factors that affect the adoption of vegetable farmers of High Value crops Development Program in Nagcarlan, Laguna. The specific objectives were to: describe the operation of HVCDP compare the socio-demographic characteristics, employment status, farm profile, other program participation, perception and the cost and return, of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries identify the factors that affect the adoption of HVCDP and determine the level of adoption of HVCDP?s support services. A total of 60 tomato framers randomly selected and interviewed using a pre-tested questionnaire, 30 of them are HVCDP beneficiaries while the other 30 are non-beneficiaries. Descriptive statistics such as averages, frequency counts, and percentages were used to compare the factors that could affect the adoption of farmers of HVCDP. Cost and return analysis with t-test results were used to determine the effects of the adoption and non-adoption of the program on net farm income of famers. Profit analysis was employed to identify the significant factors that affect the adoption of HCVDP and to determine the marginal effects of these factors. Wald test was used to determine if the restrictions of the variables in profit model harms the fitness of the model. Poisson count regression analysis with incident rate ratios was used to identify the significant factors that affect the level of adoption of HVCDP?s support services. The descriptive analysis results of the study showed that the farmer beneficiaries are male, have higher tomato farming experience, have lower years of schooling, have more secondary occupation, have larger farm area, have farms nearer to vehicular road and to output market, have favourable topography, and have lesser program participation than the non-beneficiaries. The cost and return analysis revealed that there were significant differences in the returns, costs and net farm incomes per hectare of HVCDP?s beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. In the probit regression analysis, it was found that the years of schooling, farm, size, and distance of farm to output market were the significant factors. Results showed that an increase in farm size increases the probability of adoption while an increase in the years of schooling and in the distance of farms to vehicular roads decreases the probability of adoption. The Wald test chi-squares results indicated that the significant factors were statistically significant to improve the fit of the model. The Poisson count regression revealed that age, household size, and distance of farm to output market were the significant factors. It was found that increase in age and household size increase the level of adoption of HVCDP?s support services. On the other hand, an increase in the distance of farm to output market decreases the level of adoption of support services. Tomato farmers who are older, have higher household size, have lesser educational attainment, have larger farms with lesser distance to vehicular road and to output marker should therefore be targeted by policy-makers in promoting the HVCDP. The government must modify the negative view of educated farmers to farming by providing an environment with business-like approach. It is also suggested that there is a need to increase public investment for decent road and farm to market infrastructure to increase the adoption and level of utilization of the farmer?s services provided by HVCDP.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Economics and Management (CEM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2016 A14 P65

Document Type

Thesis

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