Technology assessment for coconut-based farming systems in Cavite / by Lolita C. Pereña.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite : Cavite State University- Main Campus, 1992.Description: xvii, 126 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type: - text
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Thesis (M.S. - - Farming Systems) Don Severino Agricultural College.
Includes bibliographical references.
PERENA, LOLITA C. Don Severino Agricultural College, Indang, Cavite, March 1992. Technology Assessment for Coconut—-based Farming Systems in Cavite. Major Adviser : Dr. Reynaldo C. Ersando.
This study was conducted mainly to assess the existing and indigenous technologies for coconut-based farming systems in Cavite.
One hundred six coconut-based farmers from nine (9) upland municipalities of Cavite were personally interviewed; nine came from from alfonso; 10 from Amadeo; 16 from Gen. Aguinaldo; 11 from Indang; 14 from Magallanes; 3. From Mendez; 31 from Silang; from Tagaytay City and 5. From Trece Martirez City.
This study revealed that majority of the coconut-based farmers in upland Cavite were male and married; most of them had an age range from 41 to 50 years; had elementary level of education; had an average level of living; owner- operator; their farms were gently sloping to undulating; were adopting multiple cropping system scheme; had a field nursery; were applying commercial fertilizer using broadcast method; were preparing the land well before planting, and do weeding twice a year using the gamas and tabtab method.
Results of the study showed that no Significant relationships between adoption of three dominant technologies and farmers characteristics such as age, sex civil status, educational attainment, membership to organization, seminar/trainings attended and level of living. Hence, the hypothesis that no significant relationship existed was accepted. This study also revealed that farm characteristics such as size and topography of the farm had no significant relationship to adoption of three dominant technologies, hence’ the hypothesis of no significant relationship was accepted.
This study further showed that there are significant diffences between before and after adoption of three dominant technologies on total costs of production, total production and net income of coconut-based farmers.
It was also revealed that intercropping had the highest total production and net return compared to mutiple cropping and mixed cropping systems. However, multiple cropping had the highest costs of production followed by intercropping and mixed cropping. Among the selected farmer characteristics, farm characteristics and farming system technologies, only dominant technologies, tenural status, age of the coconut, and amount of fertilizer applied were found to have significant impact on farm productivity and income of coconut-based farmers. Dominant technologies, educational attainment and age of the coconut-based farmers
were found to have a significant impact on level of living.
The significant variables in total costs of production were topography of the farm, the three dominant technologies, amount of fertilizers applied and age of the coconut trees.
Submitted to the University Library April 14, 1992 T-1241