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Adoption of recommended wet season rice production technologies by the agrarian reform beneficiaries of selected municipalities in Laguna / by Elvira de Lara Tisalona.

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Tisalona, Elvira de Lara [author]

Contributor(s):

Crucido, Simeon S [adviser]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite : 2005. Cavite State University- Main Campus,Description: xxii, 160 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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DDC classification:

633.18 T52 2005

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Abstract: TISALONA, ELVIRA D. L. Adoption of Recommended Wet Season Rice Production Technologies by the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) in the Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs) of Selected Municipalities of Laguna. Doctoral Dissertation. Doctor of Philosophy in Farming Systems. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. April 2005. Adviser: Dr. Simeon S. Crucido Rice is the staple crop in Laguna. The major extension activities of the Provincial Agricultural Office is focused on rice production, Thus, the study generally aimed to determine the extent of adoption of the recommended wet season rice production technologies in selected lowland (rainfed and irrigated) areas of the Agrarian Reform Communities. Specifically, it sought to describe the socio-economic-demographic characteristics of the ARB farmers. It was likewise intended to study the relationship of certain selected personal, socio-economic, communication and physical environmental factors on the adoption of the said technologies by the agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs). The study was carried out in four (4) municipalities of Laguna, namely Calauan, Victoria, Mabitac and Sta. Maria. Only two (2) barangays per municipality were randomly selected. A stratified random sampling (proportional allocation) was employed in selecting the 220 ARB farmers respondents. Personal interviews were conducted to collect the necessary information from the respondents. Majority of the farmers showed favorable attitudes toward the modern technologies for rice farming. Almost 66 percent of the farmer-respondents were exposed to the extension activities. The irrigation facility for the rice production was found to be adequate. The dominant cropping pattern in the area was rice monocropping, with 38 percent of the respondents, respectively. Adopting the technology in lowland irrigated areas, two crops, such as watermelon and maize, were grown in the same parcel of land for the duration of one year, with a mean multiple cropping index of 146.01. Among the six recommended practices studied, the recommended transplanting age of the seedlings was the most adopted practice (54%). The least adopted practice was the recommended depth of transplanting (11%). The extent of adoption of the four other practices viz. use of chemical fertilizers, planting of improved varieties of rice, transplanting of recommended number of seedling per hill and adoption of plant protection measures were 43, 25, 30 and 36 percent, respectively. Although the grain yield of the improved varieties of rice was significantly higher than the local varieties, the area covered by improved varieties was only 19.3 percent of the total rice area. The chemical fertilizers and plant protection measures were applied to 26 and 16 percent of area, respectively. The level of adoption of the recommended technologies for rice was found to be significantly related to the attitude towards the recommended practices, extension exposure and source of information. However, education, household size, farm size, credit, input availability, radio ownership, irrigation facility, soil texture and multiple cropping index, were found to be not significantly related to the level of adoption of the recommended technologies for rice.

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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	633.18 T52 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Link to resource	Room use only	T-3205		00003264

Thesis (Ph.D. - - Farming Systems) Cavite State University.

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Graduate Studies Open Learning College (GSOLC)

TISALONA, ELVIRA D. L. Adoption of Recommended Wet Season Rice Production Technologies by the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) in the Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs) of Selected Municipalities of Laguna. Doctoral Dissertation. Doctor of Philosophy in Farming Systems. Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite. April 2005. Adviser: Dr. Simeon S. Crucido

Rice is the staple crop in Laguna. The major extension activities of the Provincial Agricultural Office is focused on rice production, Thus, the study generally aimed to determine the extent of adoption of the recommended wet season rice production technologies in selected lowland (rainfed and irrigated) areas of the Agrarian Reform
Communities. Specifically, it sought to describe the socio-economic-demographic characteristics of the ARB farmers. It was likewise intended to study the relationship of certain selected personal, socio-economic, communication and physical environmental factors on the adoption of the said technologies by the agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs).

The study was carried out in four (4) municipalities of Laguna, namely Calauan, Victoria, Mabitac and Sta. Maria. Only two (2) barangays per municipality were randomly selected. A stratified random sampling (proportional allocation) was employed in selecting the 220 ARB farmers respondents. Personal interviews were conducted to collect the necessary information from the respondents. Majority of the farmers showed favorable attitudes toward the modern technologies for rice farming. Almost 66 percent of the farmer-respondents were exposed to the extension activities. The irrigation facility for the rice production was found to be
adequate. The dominant cropping pattern in the area was rice monocropping, with 38 percent of the respondents, respectively. Adopting the technology in lowland irrigated areas, two crops, such as watermelon and maize, were grown in the same parcel of land for the duration of one year, with a mean multiple cropping index of 146.01.

Among the six recommended practices studied, the recommended transplanting age of the seedlings was the most adopted practice (54%). The least adopted practice was the recommended depth of transplanting (11%). The extent of adoption of the four other practices viz. use of chemical fertilizers, planting of improved varieties of rice, transplanting of recommended number of seedling per hill and adoption of plant protection measures were 43, 25, 30 and 36 percent, respectively.

Although the grain yield of the improved varieties of rice was significantly higher
than the local varieties, the area covered by improved varieties was only 19.3 percent of the total rice area. The chemical fertilizers and plant protection measures were applied to 26 and 16 percent of area, respectively.

The level of adoption of the recommended technologies for rice was found to be significantly related to the attitude towards the recommended practices, extension exposure and source of information. However, education, household size, farm size, credit, input availability, radio ownership, irrigation facility, soil texture and multiple cropping index, were found to be not significantly related to the level of adoption of the recommended technologies for rice.

Submitted to the University Library 12/06/2005 T-3205