Resource management in mixed crop-animal farming systems in a hillyland community in Batangas, Philippines

Abstract

The resource management strategies of smallholder farmers in mixed crop-animal farming systems in a hillyland community in Batangas province in the Philippines were studied to document the farmers' socioeconomic, agroecological, psychosocial and sociocultural attributes and determine the different factors associated with the institutional arrangements on land, labor and technology management. Farmer-respondents continued to make use of their indigenous practices related to mixed crop-animal farming. There was extensive land use and intensive management of resources among farmers with different endowments and production resources. They followed different patterns of land and labor management and a uniform pattern of technology management. The patterns of institutional arrangement on land management included cultivating one's own land, renting another's land, and cultivating another's land on a rent-free basis. The first pattern predominated. The predominant labor management type involved the whole family doing the farm work. Technology was utilized mainly in the individual households. Household size, tenure status and attitude toward social and technological interventions were associated with the institutional arrangement on land management. Size and type of cultivated land were associated with the institutional arrangement on labor management. Significant associations were also noted between size of cultivated land and source of labor and the institutional arrangement on technology management.

Source or Periodical Title

Philippine Agricultural Scientist

ISSN

317454

Page

194-203

Document Type

Article

Subject

Institutional arrangement, Labor management, Land management, Management strategies, Mixed crop-animal farming system, Resource management, Sustainable agriculture, Technology management

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