Development of an online agricultural trading system for the province of Laguna / by Archieval M. Jain.

Thesis (Master of Information Technology) Cavite State University

Includes bibliographical references.

Graduate Studies Open Learning College (GSOLC)

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DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE AGRICULTURAL TRADING SYSTEM FOR THE PROVINCE OF LAGUNA
Capstone Project
Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School and Open Learning College
Cavite State University Indang, Cavite
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Information Technology
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Development of an online agricultural trading system for the province of Laguna
004 J19 2017
T-6757
ARCHIEVAL M. JAIN
April 2017
ABSTRACT
JAIN, ARCHIEVAL M. Development of an Online Agricultural Trading System for the Province of Laguna. Capstone Project. Master in Information Technology. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. April 2017. Adviser: Prof. Charlotte B. Carandang.
Adequate nutritional food is one of the basic needs of human. It enhances the
physical health and human autonomy. According to Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO), to improve nutrition, we need to improve agriculture. Philippines is a
predominantly agricultural country, but improvement in the agriculture sector is rather
slow. According to Philippine Statistics Office, fishermen and farmers are the poorest
among the different sectors in the Philippines. Research shows that this can be attributed
to lower prices of products, no regular buyers of commodities or seasonality of high
demand, low agricultural productivity that resulted to aging in the agricultural field,
wastage and post-harvest losses, and price dispersals in the market. Price dispersals was a
result of distance and poor communications in the marketplace, unavailability of market
information, and middlemen that are commanding the prices and gaining more profits.
To resolve problems in price dispersals in the market, the proponent developed a
system entitled: Online Laguna Agricultural Trading Center. The system is an e-
commerce website that will serve as an alternative channel of marketing the farmers'
products. It will also provide the farmer an easy and economical way of managing some
of its business process. Through its SMS capability, the farmer can handle customer
inquiries and update inventory of products and prices economically and with ease.
The system was evaluated using the ISO 9126 by 10 ICT experts based on the
following criteria: functionality, reliability, efficiency, maintainability, and portability.
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Acceptance testing was also conducted for by 153 farmers from the 3rd and 4th district of
Laguna and 130 buyers based on its usability. Based on the evaluation of the system, the
ICT experts agree that it follows the ISO 9126 standards on software quality. On the
other hand, both farmers and buyers also agree on all the 10 criteria of system's usability.
According to the farmers, "It is easy to find information I needed", while the buyer
agreed that "The system is simple to use". Based these findings, the proponent concluded
that the developed system can be used as a channel to improve the marketability of farm
products of farmers of Laguna.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ABSTRACT......
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF APPENDIX TABLES
LIST OF APPENDIX FIGURES
LIST OF APPENDICES
INTRODUCTION
Statement of the Problem
Objectives of the Study
Significance of the Study
Time and Place of the Study
Scope and Limitation of the Study
Definition of Terms
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research Design.
Research Instruments
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Identification of Participants in the Study
Interview of Participants of the Study
Statistical Analysis and Interpretation of Data
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The Developed System
Evaluation of the System
Demographic Profiles
Result of Evaluation of the Developed System
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Summary
Conclusion
Recommendations
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
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LIST OF TABLES
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Demographic profile of the ICT expert respondents
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Demographic profile of the farmer-respondents
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Farmer-respondents who own ICT tools and their knowledge.
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Farmer-respondents who are willing to sell their products online Reasons of the farmers of selling products online Demographic profiles of buyer-respondents.
Buyer-respondents who owned ICT tools and their knowledge Buyer-respondents who are buying products online
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Reasons why some buyers are buying and some are not online
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Result of evaluation of ICT experts using ISO 9126 standard criteria..
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Farmer-respondent's acceptability on the system's usability
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Farmers recommendations
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Ranking of the system based on the farmer-respondent's perception....
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Buyer-respondent's acceptability on the system's usability
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Buyers recommendations
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Buyers perceptions to the system
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LIST OF FIGURES
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The agile software development methodology
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The architecture of the system that shows how the system works
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Display of the farmers products registered in the system
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Adding products by the customers using the personnel computer
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Adding products by the customer using smartphone.
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A text message received by the farmers on the customer's inquiry...
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A text message can be sent to the system using codes to update the quantity and price of the product
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LIST OF APPENDIX TABLES
Appendix Table
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Evaluation result of the software quality from ICT experts
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Demographic profile of the farmer-respondents
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Farmer-respondent's acceptability of the usability of the system
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Buyer-respondent's acceptability of the system's usability
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LIST OF APPENDIX FIGURES
Appendix
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Administrator's log-in page
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The provincial administrator's log-in option
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Registration form for the municipal administrator
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List of registered municipal administrators
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Product creation form
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Product listing form
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The municipal administrator's log-in option
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List of registered farmers
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The main page of the system where the farmer can log-in
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Farmer's log-in form
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The main page of the farmer's module
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Product listing showing the product code
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Sample SMS for updating products
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Home page of the system showing the Register button
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Registration form for the buyer
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The Customer Cart showing the items to be added
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Dialog box containing the product's information
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Notify farmer dialog box
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Sample SMS notification sent to farmer
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USE Case diagram of the developed system
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Acceptability testing and interview of one of the buyers
Conduct of evaluation by ICT experts (Web Developer) Conduct of evaluation by ICT experts (System Programmer) ...............
Acceptability testing and interview of one of the farmers
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix
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User's manual
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USE Case Diagram
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Letter to respondents
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Sample Survey Questionnaire
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Sample pictures during evaluation of the system
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Evaluation Data
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DEVELOPMENT OF AN ONLINE AGRICULTURAL TRADING SYSTEM FOR THE PROVINCE OF LAGUNA
Archieval M. Jain
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A capstone project manuscript submitted to the faculty of the Graduate School and Open Learning College, Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Information Technology with Contribution No.
Prepared under the supervision of Prof. Charlotte B. Carandang.
INTRODUCTION
Adequate nutritional food is one of the basic needs of human. It enhances the
physical health and human autonomy (Coote, 2014). According to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), to improve nutrition, we need to improve agriculture. Philippines is a predominantly agricultural country, but improvement in the agriculture sector is rather slow (Rodriguez, 2014). Food producers in the Philippines still belong to below poverty line. According to Philippine Statistics Office, fishermen and farmers are the poorest
among the different sectors in the Philippines. The poverty incidence for fishermen was 39.2% while farmers are at 38.3 percent (Who are the Philippines' Poor?, 2014). Although the Philippines through the Department of Agriculture and Department of
Science and Technology provide technology-based farm inputs to increase their productivity, Filipino farmers still remain poor. National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Chief Arsenio Balisacan mentioned that connectivity of farmer to
market is still a constraint (Cayabyab, 2013). This is due to poor infrastructures in rural

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