Economic benefits and production efficiencies of Palayamanan in Northwest Luzon

Issue Date

4-2006

Abstract

After three years of project implementation, it has become necessary to quantify the impact of Palayamanan in Northwest Luzon in terms of yield, cost efficiency and profitability. Eleven of the 18 project sites were included in the analysis. Production data from WS 2002 to DS 2004 were analyzed. The farmer partners (FPs) in all the study sites attained a rice yield advantage of 14 to 170% over the farmers in adjacent farms (AFs) during the west seasons of 2002 and 2003. A similar trend occurred during the dry seasons of 2003 and 2004. The FPs spent about ₽2.90 to ₽5.63 to produce a kg of WS rice against the ₽4.43 to ₽7.52 by the farmers in the AFs. Similar results happened during the DS. Rice production for both seasons provided a maximum income to the FPs of more the ₽40,000 per ha. The local counterparts earned a maximum income of just above ₽20,000. The FPs who planted other crops during the DS were able to increase their net income during the two-year study period because of crop intensification and diversification. Based on the results of the analysis, Palayamanan as a concept is able to improve the production efficiencies of its FPs through the introduction of yield-increasing and cost-reducing technologies.

Source or Periodical Title

Philippine Journal of Crop Science

ISSN

0115-463x

Volume

31

Issue

1

Page

47-60

Document Type

Article

Frequency

tri-quarterly

Physical Description

tables, graphs, pictures

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