Rice-based farming systems: a case in Tabango, Leyte [Philippines]
1999
Alcober, D.L.
Simeon Manriquez of barangay [village Omaganhan, Tabango, Leyte is the respondent of the study. He is a model upland farmer in his barangay as well as in the whole province of Leyte. In 1985, he was the province's second outstanding farmer of the year for the hillside farming category. Manong Simeon has a total land area of 6.3 ha, of which only 5.3 ha is cultivated. He grows lowland rice, corn, sweet potato, mungbean, coconut, cassava, peanut and banana. He also raises three swine, eight carabaos, two sheep, a goat, a cow and several chickens. On his contoured farm, he constructed a pig pen and a small poultry house. Since these are located on one of the contour strips, the waste of the animals is utilized by the crops planted below. During the first cropping season in 1993, his gross returns of P32,432.00 was lower than the one obtained in the second cropping season (43,575). He realized net returns of P14,906 and P21,330 for the first and second cropping seasons, respectively. The highest net income during the first and second cropping seasons was derived from lowland rice and sweet potato, respectively. These constituted 68% of the total income from the first cropping season, and 67% of the second. Estimated costs and returns from the production of specific crops in the last two croppings show that Manong Simeon grossed P37,752.0. In the same year, he was able to obtain total gross returns of P21,000.00 from his sweet potato in only one cropping. Production cost, however, was higher in lowland rice than in sweet potato. For this reason, benefit cost ratio (BCR) foo sweet potato (3:1) was higher than that for rice (2:1). Sensitivity analysis indicates that among the enterprises of the farmer, only lowland rice, sweet potato, mungbean and coconut are quite stable while cassava and corn are very much sensitive to price changes. According to Manong Simeon, fear and faith in God are very important to be successful in any endeavor in life. His belief in God helped him shun vices and to be hardworking. Moreover, his and his wife's vision for their children is another reason for all their work. They want to generate enough income to give their four children a bright future
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