Developing technology for upland farms in Northern Mindanao, Philippines
1986
Mandac, A.M. | Genesila, M.P. | Flinn, J.C. (International Rice Research Inst., Los Banos, Laguna (Philippines). Dept. of Agricultural Economics)
Upland farmers' production systems in Northern Mindanao [Philippines] are described. The dominant cropping patterns over a sample of 202 farms in Claveria, Misamis Oriental [Philippines], were maize-maize, rice-fallow, maize-fallow, cassava and perennial crops such as coffee, cacao and coconut.2048Local varieties [LV] of rice and corn dominated - 96% of farms grew LV rice, and 70% LV corn. Few farmers used fertilizer and insecticides. Mean yields of maize varied between 1.0 t/ha (LV) and 1.4 t/ha (MV). Farmers reported local rice yields of 1.5 t/ha. Potential socioeconomic constraints to adoption of improved technologies are: (a) a weak market position; (b) scarce labor, power and investment cash; and (c) the weak economic position and lack of freedom in resource use among tenant cultivators. Lower input prices, increased formal agricultural lending, better farm to market roads, completion of land reform on rice and corn areas in the site are necessary for the potential of the new technology to benefit small farmers. The desired characteristics of new crop technologies for upland farms may include: (a) it should increase labor and power productivity; (b) it should have a low debt requirement; and (c) technology should not be unduly ris
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