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An Economic analysis of soil conservation practices in the Citanduy River Basin, Java, Indonesia / Sakti M. H. Tampubolon.

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Tampubolon, Sakti M. H [author]

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Paris, Tirso B

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Los Baños, Laguna : 1989. Cavite State University- Main Campus,Description: 155 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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631.4 T15 1989

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Abstract: TAMPUBOLON, SAKTI M.H. University of the Philippines at Los Banos, August 1989. An Economic Analysis of Soil Conservation P . in the Citanduy Ri Basin. J Td va. Major Professor: Dr. Tirso B. Paris, Jr. Even if the farmers undervalue the soil loss externalities, soil and water conservation can still be promoted to eliminate the externalities, if the measures adopted are embodied in profitable output and employment augmenting farming techniques. In the Upper Citanduy River Basin, such farming practices have been experimented and introduced through the establishment of a number of demonstration sites or Model Farms. The program was aimed at increasing farm productivity, farmers’ income and rural employment opportunities, and controlling soil erosion. To a majority of upland farmers, family labor is the most important resource. The most significant component of the soil erosion control is terracing. This study was aimed at ascertaining the effect of terracing on farm production and income as associated with the newly introduced technological package through the Model Farm Program. It was hypothesised that conservation practices would improve farm production and income due to the deferred productivity degradation. A Cobb-Douglas type of production or revenue function was employed to verify the hypotheses. Costs and returns analysis was also performed to assess the nature of the benefits gained.The study used the 1985 USESE’s (Socio and Economic Study and Evaluation Unit of the Citanduy Watershed Area Development) socioeconomic impact study survey with 535 sample farmers drawn scatteredly from the whole upper watershed. The samples represented farmers from the model farm sites, expansion area, and outside project. Costs and returns analysis suggests that terraced farms had higher value of output than unterraced ones but with different performances across soil depths as also confirmed by the regression models. In general, terraced farms exhibited higher gross and net farm incomes but they incurred higher level of direct and/or indirect farm costs. It implies that a better farm income is associated with a proper choice of input combination based on the agro-physical condition of the farms. The study results challenge the argument that technical progress in upland agriculture will go in the opposite direction with environmental preservation. More empirical studies are suggested to further verify the study results.

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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	631.4 T15 1989 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Link to resource	Room use only	T-1417		00002303

Thesis (Ph.D. - - Agricultural Economics) University of the Philippines, College, Laguna.

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TAMPUBOLON, SAKTI M.H. University of the Philippines at Los Banos, August 1989. An Economic Analysis of Soil Conservation P . in the Citanduy Ri Basin. J Td va. Major Professor: Dr. Tirso B. Paris, Jr.

Even if the farmers undervalue the soil loss externalities, soil and water conservation can still be promoted to eliminate the externalities, if the measures adopted are embodied in profitable output and employment augmenting farming techniques. In the Upper Citanduy River Basin, such farming practices have been experimented and introduced through the establishment of a number of demonstration sites or Model Farms. The program was aimed at increasing farm productivity, farmers’ income and rural employment opportunities, and controlling soil erosion. To a majority of upland farmers, family labor is the most important resource. The most significant component of the soil erosion control is terracing.

This study was aimed at ascertaining the effect of terracing on farm production and income as associated with the newly introduced technological package through the Model Farm Program. It was hypothesised that conservation practices would improve farm production and income due to the deferred productivity degradation.

A Cobb-Douglas type of production or revenue function was employed to verify the hypotheses. Costs and returns analysis was also performed to assess the nature of the benefits gained.The study used the 1985 USESE’s (Socio and Economic Study and Evaluation Unit of the Citanduy Watershed Area Development) socioeconomic impact study survey with 535 sample farmers drawn scatteredly from the whole upper watershed. The samples represented farmers from the model farm sites, expansion area, and outside project.

Costs and returns analysis suggests that terraced farms had higher value of output than unterraced ones but with different performances across soil depths as also confirmed by the regression models. In general, terraced farms exhibited higher gross and net farm incomes but they incurred higher level of direct and/or indirect farm costs. It implies that a better farm income is associated with a proper choice of input combination based on the agro-physical condition of the farms.

The study results challenge the argument that technical progress in upland agriculture will go in the opposite direction with environmental preservation. More empirical studies are suggested to further verify the study results.

Submitted to the University Library 01/07/1994 T-1417