Farm income and resources in corn farming in Silang, Cavite / by Emmanuel P. Peñalba.

Thesis (BS in Agriculture Major Agricultural Economics) Don Severino Agricultural College.

Includes bibliographical references.

College of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR)

This study was conducted to determine the socio-economic condition of corn growers, present levels of farm resources, effect of individual resources on production and income, output and income, costs and returns from corn and the problems confronted in producing corn. This was conducted in 10 selected barrios of Silang, Cavite by the use of simple random sampling. Of the 555 com farmers in the population, 111 were included in the sample. The average age of farmers was 41 years. Majority of the average them only reached the primary level of education. number of dependents per farmer was five. Most of them were owner- operators. The highest rate of tenancy was among the low-income respondents. The average number of farming experience was 24 years and the mean size of farm under cultivation was 2.27 hectares. The average gross income per farmer was P10,233.78. Additional income from off-farming and non-farming, spouse's job, sons' and daughters' job augmented the income. The level of cost of production was relatively high thus making income relatively low. Owner-operators received higher income than the other groups. Individual farm resources used was directly proportional to production and income. That means the greater the number of value of resources used the higher was the output and farm income. These resources such as land, labor, capital and work animals greatly affected the yield of corn. Only tools and equipment had almost no bearings on output and income of farmers. Most of the farms were partly market-oriented. The mean sales was P1,303.47, the mean cost of production was P658.41 and the mean return was 735.06. In this study, however, the cost of the land (interest and taxes), tools and equipment (depreciation and interest) hired labor fees and chemicals were not included in; the cost of production. The most frequently cited problems associated with product- ion, financing, marketing and management were lack of fertilizers and chemicals, inadequate transportation and high transportation costs and credit tie-up with buyers. It is recommended that the farmer should use improved seed varieties, supplied by cooperating government and private agencies and loans should be extended by credit institution to improve yield. Other services should be intensified to upgrade standard of living of the farms. It is further recommended that more studies should be con- ducted along this line, specifically on the productivity of resources to correlate with other factors.

Submitted to the University Library 03/10/1980 T-386