Adoption of urea-treated rice straw technology by dairy farmers in Laguna [Philippines]
2001
Ocampo, P.O. | Trung, L.T. | Velasco, N.B. | Panaligan, I.G. | Loresco, A.P. | Dela Cruz, L.C. | Geges, M.L.
A study was conducted to assess the dynamics in the adoption of urea-treated straw (UTRS) technology by the dairy farmers in Laguna. From the 138 dairy farmers in Laguna, 22 farmers considered to be adopters and a reciprocal number of non-adopters were interviewed. Adopters had higher annual income (Php126,478 vs Php20,342) as well as income from dairy alone (Php 10,501 vs Php 7,992) more are crop farmers (94% vs 64%), all farmers are using crop residues (100% vs 73%), feed concentrates to animals (95% vs 68%). These are the more relevant features that influenced adoption. Adopters were relatively better off, more progressive and more self reliant. Reasons for adoption of the technology were: it is good feed; saves on labor and time; to further assess its benefits; and rice straw is available. Reasons for non-adoption were: abundance of forage supply (36%); absence of treatment pit (32%); absence of rice straw (9%), unawareness of the project/technology (9%), lack of time (4%) labor involved (4%) unwillingness to use urea which is fertilizer (4%). Non-adopters planning to adopt the technology (82%) cited the following reasons: feed shortage (33%); to test the technology (24%); save on labor and time (14%); UTRS as good feed (14%) and rice straw is available anyway (5%). The rate of adoption and the continuity of adoption is apparently contingent on the time of the year which determine the availability and storage of rice straw and availability of grasses
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