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Survey of production technologies on yam in selected municipalities of upland Cavite / by Francisco P. Aure.

By:

Aure, Francisco P [author]

Contributor(s):

Alava, Julio G [adviser]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite, 2001. Cavite State University- Main Campus,Description: x, 46 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

635.23 Au6 2001

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Production credits:

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

Abstract: AURE, FRANCISCO PERESA. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite, April 2001. "Survey of Production Technology on Yam (Dioscorea alata L) in Selected Municipalities of Upland Cavite". Adviser: Dr. Julio G. Alava The study was conducted in selected municipalities of Upland Cavite, namely: Alfonso, Amadeo, Indang, Mendez and Tagaytay. It aimed to gather information about the cultural practices and technologies in yam production being practiced by the farmers identify the problems encountered in yarn production; and determine if farmers are adopting modern technologies in yam production. A total of 50 respondents were randomly selected from chosen barangays. Data were collected through personal interview with the farmers. During the actual interview, questions presented in English were translated in Tagalog. Almost 88% of the respondents were married with a mean age of 49.86 years. All of the respondents had formal schooling, and almost one-half reached high school. The average number of family members was eight. Half of the farmer-respondents were owner operators. They have an average of 10.5 years in growing yarn. Almost 46% of respondents had 6,000 to 10,000 sq. m land area. Majority of the farmers claimed that planting yarn is an additional income to their major crops. The cultural management practices of yam farmers identified include land preparation, planting, weeding, fertilizer application, trellising, pest and disease management and harvesting.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	URL	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Theses / Manuscripts	Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Theses Section	Non-fiction	635.23 Au6 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Link to resource	Room use only	SP-2166		00005865

Special problem (B.S.A.--Agronomy) Cavite State University

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

AURE, FRANCISCO PERESA. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite, April 2001. "Survey of Production Technology on Yam (Dioscorea alata L) in Selected Municipalities of Upland Cavite". Adviser: Dr. Julio G. Alava
The study was conducted in selected municipalities of Upland Cavite, namely: Alfonso, Amadeo, Indang, Mendez and Tagaytay. It aimed to gather information about the cultural practices and technologies in yam production being practiced by the farmers identify the problems encountered in yarn production; and determine if farmers are adopting modern technologies in yam production. A total of 50 respondents were randomly selected from chosen barangays. Data were collected through personal interview with the farmers. During the actual interview, questions presented in English were translated in Tagalog. Almost 88% of the respondents were married with a mean age of 49.86 years. All of the respondents had formal schooling, and almost one-half reached high school. The average number of family members was eight. Half of the farmer-respondents were owner operators. They have an average of 10.5 years in growing yarn. Almost 46% of respondents had 6,000 to 10,000 sq. m land area. Majority of the farmers claimed that planting yarn is an additional income to their major crops. The cultural management practices of yam farmers identified include land preparation, planting, weeding, fertilizer application, trellising, pest and disease management and harvesting.

Submitted to the University Library 05/04/2007 SP-2166