Socioeconomic dimensions of direct seeding technology in the Philippines
1996
Francisco, S.R. (Philippine Rice Research Inst., Maligaya, Munoz 3119, Nueva Ecija (Philippines))
This study looked into the economics of direct seeding, vis-a-viz transplanting as alternative methods of crop establishment. Furthermore, it tried to determine the factors that influence the farmers' choice to adopt direct seeding in the Philippines. Results of the analyses indicated that on the average, farmers realized more profit utilizing direct seeding compared to transplanting. This comes in terms of significantly higher output per unit area (4.2 vs. 3.9 t/ha) and lower cost of crop establishment in terms of sigificantly lower hired labor requirement of direct seeding (3 vs 28 md/ha). In effect, farmers who practiced direct seeding are better off because they can produce same level of output with a lesser amount of resources (labor which constitute about 15-20 percent of total cash cost of production). This result underscores the need to improve this technology and encourage farmers to adopt direct seeding technology. Concomitant to this is the development of varieties and management practices specifically adapted for direct seeding and not merely relying on spill over benefits that may arise from using transplanting method. The study employed a logistic regression model to determine what are the socioeconomic factors that tend to influence the adoption of direct seeding. The result suggests that the availability of family labor to supervise transplanting operation, herbicide cost, fertilizer price, transplanting cost, palay price, credit availability and education were among the factors that influenced the adoption of direct seeding in the Philippines
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