Factors affecting decline of upland rice farming in selected towns of Cavite / by Ruel T. Patenio.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite : 2016. Cavite State University- Main Campus,Description: xiii, 86 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
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Abstract: PATENIO, RUEL T. Factors Affecting the Decline of Upland Rice Farming in Selected Towns of Cavite. Undergraduate Thesis. Bachelor of Science in Economics major in Agricultural Economics. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. April 2016. Adviser: Dr. Elizabeth E. Polinga. The study was conducted to determine the factors affecting the declining status of upland rice farming in Silang, Maragondon, and Dasmarifias City. Specifically, this study aimed to determine the socio-economic characteristics of the upland rice farmers in Silang, Maragondon, and Dasmarifias City; determine the characteristics of the upland rice farms in the selected towns of Cavite; determine the production practices and postharvest practices utilized by the upland rice farmers; determine the marketing practices employed in selling upland rice; determine the performance in terms of production volume, area planted, area harvested, number of upland rice farmers, allocation to upland rice farming in Cavite; determine the factors affecting the decline of upland rice farming; and determine the problems encountered by the upland rice farmers in production practices and post-harvest practices of upland rice in the selected towns of Cavite. The number of participants (221 farmers) was obtained using multi-stage sampling. Data collection was done from December 2015 to February 2016. The statistical tool used was simple ranking scale to rank the level of the factors affecting the decline of upland rice farming. Most of the farmers were 53 to 61 years old, male and manied. Majority were Catholic and were elementary and high school graduates with 3 to 4 family members. Most were tenants and had devoted 21 to 30 years in upland rice farming. Only 5 percent of the participants considered upland rice farming as a contributor to their family income. Majority of the upland rice farmers had 0.1 to I ha of land devoted to upland rice. Most of them utilized hired laborers and considered their children as their successor. Most of the farmers started planting in October and were using carabao in land preparation. They were also using urea as fertilizer but preferred hand weeding as a form of control. The average produce of the farmers was 31 to 40 sacks per hectare which were mostly used for home consumption. After harvesting, most of the farmers used manual threshing, airstream, and sun drying as method of drying. Only 10 of the participants were selling upland rice in the form of rice grains at P 1,000 to PI,750 per sack and milled rice at P2,500 to P3,000 per sack. The total volume of production from 2000 to 2014 was 18,016.36 mt/ha with an average of I ,201.09 mt/ha and an average growth rate of 8.84 percent. The total land area planted to upland rice was 9,303.36 ha with an average of 620.22 ha. The total number of upland rice farmers was 13,219 with an average of 881 per year. The study revealed that the lack of capital, pest infestation, and land disposal as the major factors that cause the decline of upland rice farming in Cavite and these were aligned with the major problem encountered by the farmers which was pest infestation.
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PATENIO, RUEL T. Factors Affecting the Decline of Upland Rice Farming in Selected Towns of Cavite. Undergraduate Thesis. Bachelor of Science in Economics major in Agricultural Economics. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. April 2016. Adviser: Dr. Elizabeth E. Polinga.
The study was conducted to determine the factors affecting the declining status of upland rice farming in Silang, Maragondon, and Dasmarifias City. Specifically, this study
aimed to determine the socio-economic characteristics of the upland rice farmers in Silang, Maragondon, and Dasmarifias City; determine the characteristics of the upland rice farms in the selected towns of Cavite; determine the production practices and postharvest practices utilized by the upland rice farmers; determine the marketing practices employed in selling upland rice; determine the performance in terms of production volume, area planted, area harvested, number of upland rice farmers, allocation to upland rice farming in Cavite; determine the factors affecting the decline of upland rice farming; and determine the problems encountered by the upland rice farmers in production practices and post-harvest practices of upland rice in the selected towns of Cavite.
The number of participants (221 farmers) was obtained using multi-stage
sampling. Data collection was done from December 2015 to February 2016. The
statistical tool used was simple ranking scale to rank the level of the factors affecting the
decline of upland rice farming.
Most of the farmers were 53 to 61 years old, male and manied. Majority were Catholic and were elementary and high school graduates with 3 to 4 family members.
Most were tenants and had devoted 21 to 30 years in upland rice farming. Only 5 percent of the participants considered upland rice farming as a contributor to their family income. Majority of the upland rice farmers had 0.1 to I ha of land devoted to upland rice.
Most of them utilized hired laborers and considered their children as their successor.
Most of the farmers started planting in October and were using carabao in land preparation. They were also using urea as fertilizer but preferred hand weeding as a form of control. The average produce of the farmers was 31 to 40 sacks per hectare which were mostly used for home consumption.
After harvesting, most of the farmers used manual threshing, airstream, and sun drying as method of drying. Only 10 of the participants were selling upland rice in the form of rice grains at P 1,000 to PI,750 per sack and milled rice at P2,500 to P3,000 per sack.
The total volume of production from 2000 to 2014 was 18,016.36 mt/ha with an average of I ,201.09 mt/ha and an average growth rate of 8.84 percent. The total land area planted to upland rice was 9,303.36 ha with an average of 620.22 ha. The total number of upland rice farmers was 13,219 with an average of 881 per year.
The study revealed that the lack of capital, pest infestation, and land disposal as the major factors that cause the decline of upland rice farming in Cavite and these were aligned with the major problem encountered by the farmers which was pest infestation.

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