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An Economic survey of coconut farms in selected towns of upland Cavite / by William Perido Rollan.

By:

Rollan, William Perido [author]

Contributor(s):

Ersando, Maria A [adviser]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite: Don Severino Agricultural College, 1992.Description: vi, 64 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:

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634.61 R64 1992

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Abstract: ROLLAN, WILLIAM Perido, “An Economic Survey of Coconut Farms in Selected Towns of Upland Cavite” B.S. Thesis, DSAC, Indang, Cavite, April 1992. Adviser: Dr. Maria A. Ersando. This study was conducted to determine the socio-economic characteristics of coconut farmers, to provide basic information on coconut farms, to determine the production and riarketing practices of coconut farmers, to identify problems encountered by coconut farmers and to gather some suggestion as to how coconut production and income could be improved. This study covered four selected towns in Upland Cavite namely: Alfonso, Indang, Mendez and 5ilang from which 100 respondents were selected using simple random sampling and were personally interviewed. Majority of the respondents were middle-aged with an average of 53 years and had low level of education. Majority were owner-operator and considered coconut production as one of their major sources of income. They had an average of 28 years in coconut farming. The average size of farm was 2.17 hectares an average of 1.39 hectares planted to coconut. All farmer-respondents in the study area raised Laguna variety of coconut and practiced multiple cropping system. The highest annual production per farm was 36,000 nuts while the lowest was 4,500 nuts. At the time of the interview respondents sold their nuts at price between P0.90 to P1. 75 per nut. The highest annual gross income per farm P35,435 while the lowest was P4, 950 with an average of P15,056.95. The highest amount of money that was allotted for the enterprise was P8, 150 while the lowest was P500 or an average of P3, 288.45. Respondents reported that the highest annual net return per farm was P28, 805 while the lowest was P4, 500. The average net return per farm was P11, 742.80. In production, most frequently mentioned problems were high cost of fertilizer and other farm inputs, attack of pests and diseases, insufficient amount of capital, unfavorable weather condition and calamities. In marketing, problems that were commonly encountered were low and unstable price of coconuts, poor condition of feeder roads and high cost of transportation and market entrance fee. The government should try to provide more support for the development of the coconut industry in the province.

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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	634.61 R64 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Link to resource	Room use only	T-1205		00002189

Thesis (BS Agriculture - - Agricultural Economics) Don Severino Agricultural College.

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ROLLAN, WILLIAM Perido, “An Economic Survey of Coconut Farms in Selected Towns of Upland Cavite” B.S. Thesis, DSAC, Indang, Cavite, April 1992. Adviser: Dr. Maria A. Ersando.

This study was conducted to determine the socio-economic characteristics of coconut farmers, to provide basic information on coconut farms, to determine the production and riarketing practices of coconut farmers, to identify problems encountered by coconut farmers and to gather some suggestion as to how coconut production and income could be improved. This study covered four selected towns in Upland Cavite namely: Alfonso, Indang, Mendez and 5ilang from which 100 respondents were selected using simple random sampling and were personally interviewed.

Majority of the respondents were middle-aged with an average of 53 years and had low level of education. Majority were owner-operator and considered coconut production as one of their major sources of income. They had an average of 28 years in coconut farming.

The average size of farm was 2.17 hectares an average of 1.39 hectares planted to coconut. All farmer-respondents in the study area raised Laguna variety of coconut and practiced multiple cropping system.

The highest annual production per farm was 36,000 nuts while the lowest was 4,500 nuts. At the time of the interview respondents sold their nuts at price between P0.90 to P1. 75 per nut. The highest annual gross income per farm P35,435 while the lowest was P4, 950 with an average of P15,056.95. The highest amount of money that was allotted for the enterprise was P8, 150 while the lowest was P500 or an average of P3, 288.45. Respondents reported that the highest annual net return per farm was P28, 805 while the lowest was P4, 500. The average net return per farm was P11, 742.80.

In production, most frequently mentioned problems were high cost of fertilizer and other farm inputs, attack of pests and diseases, insufficient amount of capital, unfavorable weather condition and calamities. In marketing, problems that were commonly encountered were low and unstable price of coconuts, poor condition of feeder roads and high cost of transportation and market entrance fee.

The government should try to provide more support for the development of the coconut industry in the province.

Submitted to the University Library 04/06/1992 T-1205