Sustainability of small ruminant-coconut production system in the Philippines
1993
Villar, E.C.
Phase 1 of the study identified and described important variables or attributes of the sustainability of small ruminant-tree crop (coconut, rubber and oil palm) production system based on literature search. Through a survey of 127 respondents in Laguna, Leyte, and Zamboanga del Sur [Philippines], Phase 2 described the socio-economic characteristics of coconut farmers raising small ruminants under the plantation, determined the perception of farmer respondents towards the sustainability of the integrated system, and the socio-economic characteristics related to such perception. The physical environment under the plantation such as light, soil moisture, soil nutrient, and temperature are attributes that determine the sustainability of the feed resources and the productivity of the primary crops. The animal related variables in sustainability are herd management, animal health aspect, and availability of appropriate breeds and breeding animals. The number of household members involved in farming, tenure status, extension support, resource complementation, credit, and market are the socio-economic determinants in the sustainability of the integrated system
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