Sustainability evaluation of diversified model farms of the "Redidreksyon" program of the local government of Santiago City, Philippines
2000
Floresca, J.P.
The rice + tilapia and the high value crops farming systems were consistently the most and the least sustainable, respectively, in both approaches. The sustainability index of the monocrop corn was higher than that of the monocrop rice farming system. The index of ecological viability of high value crops farming system was higher than that of the monocrop rice farming system. The index of economic viability of monocrop rice, monocrop corn and high value crops farming systems and the index of institutional viability of rice + tilapia farming system increased when their opportunities and threats were considered. The overall SWOT [strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats] indices of sustainability of all the farming systems slightly increased when the opportunities and threats were included. In both approaches, the ranking of the farming systems sustainability did not change. The strategies needed to enhance the sustainability of the diversified model farms are: a) monitoring of prices and volume of high value vegetables at the Santiago City market for proper production timing; b) integrated pest management to reduce pesticide application and soil fertility assessment using soil test kit (STK) for proper fertilizer application; and c) on-farm trials on local seed production of some high value vegetables
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