Economic analysis of the multiple cropping program [of corn, mungbean and soybean] in the province of Davao del Sur, Philippines
1984
Bote, F.D.
The primary purpose of this study is to describe and analyse the input-output relationship of the multiple cropping program in Davao del Sur province to determine how farmers allocate their resources according to the various alternatives available to them. The Cobb-Douglas type of production function was fitted to cross-section data of the various crops being used in cropping patterns most commonly found in the province. In addition, using costs and returns analyses, the profitability of the different crops and cropping patterns as a whole was evaluated. Results of the costs and return analyses revealed that, on the average, and across cropping patterns, net income per hectare for corn was P477.07, P309.83 and P29.71 for the first, second, and third cropping, respectively. As the first crop in the different cropping patterns, the highest net income per hectare for corn was achieved in corn-corn-mungbeans followed by the corn-corn-corn pattern. The same rank order of the different cropping patterns was revealed in the net income per hectare of the second cropping of corn. The income differential among crops indicates that, profit-wise, soybean is a better crop alternative than mungbean and corn, while mungbean, in turn, is better than corn. On a cropping pattern basis, soybeans-soybeans gave the highest net income per hectare of P2,519.17, followed by corn-mungbeans with P1,277.15 and corn-corn mungbeans with P1,222.23. The cropping pattern which used only corn gave the lowest net income, P768.00 and P670.58 in the corn-corn and corn-corn-corn cropping patterns, respectively. This indicates the desirability of including leguminous crops like mungbeans in a cropping pattern
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