Authors :
NESTOR C. NATIVIDAD; ISAGANI F. PASCUA; JOEY A. DE LA CRUZ
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 11 - November
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Abstract :
Agriculture is Nueva Ecija's primary industry,
which has become the Central Luzon Food Bowl and Rice
Granary. Rice, corn, onion, garlic, melon, and mango are
direct agricultural products. This paper aims to describe
the status and challenges encountered among selected farm
owners in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija in the Philippines. The
study assessed the status and challenges of farm operations
regarding the marketing, technical/ production,
management, andfinancial aspects. The descriptive method
was used in this study. The study used research methods
for data collection purposes, such as open-ended questions,
survey questionnaires, and interviews. The study was
carried out in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija, with the following
barangays: Lusok, Sitio, Calisitan Curva, Tugatog, and
Larcon. Forty (40) farmer owners were selected as the
respondents of this study. As to the status of farm
operations in the marketing aspect, the study revealed that
farm products were sold to direct buyers with lesser selling
expenses than in a sales agent. In the production aspect,
the farm owners were still in the traditional farming
method, but only a few were modern. Inbred type of seed
was more preferred by the farm owners in rice farming,
while red onion seed was chosen in onion farming. Wheel
tractors and rotavator were used for the cultivation of land
and means of transportation. In the management aspect,
farmers usually hire four farmworkers to do tasks such as
fertilizing and spraying pesticides. In the financial part,
farmer-owners sourced capitalization from their savings,
lending institutions, and cooperatives. As to problems
encountered, the study revealed that flood, lack of water
system, an outbreak of insect and pests, and plant diseases
affected the quality of output in the marketing aspect.
While the failure of machinery and equipment, which
resulted in repairing expenses and increasing the cost of
farm inputs, is the main problem encountered by the farm
owners in the production aspect. Skills of farmworkers
were the main problem when it comes to the management
aspect. Farm owners' financial problems were insufficient
capital, rising input costs, limited government support,
high interest on collateralized loans, limited credit
institutions offering agricultural loans, unpaid loan
balances, and bankruptcy.It is recommended that the
government should continue to concentrate on improving
support programs for the competitiveness of the farming
sectors regarding inputs and production methods, farm-tomarket roads, trading centers, training programs,
financial assistance, and access credit to farmers
Keywords :
Farm, Farm Business, Agriculture, Business, Status, Challenges.
Agriculture is Nueva Ecija's primary industry,
which has become the Central Luzon Food Bowl and Rice
Granary. Rice, corn, onion, garlic, melon, and mango are
direct agricultural products. This paper aims to describe
the status and challenges encountered among selected farm
owners in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija in the Philippines. The
study assessed the status and challenges of farm operations
regarding the marketing, technical/ production,
management, andfinancial aspects. The descriptive method
was used in this study. The study used research methods
for data collection purposes, such as open-ended questions,
survey questionnaires, and interviews. The study was
carried out in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija, with the following
barangays: Lusok, Sitio, Calisitan Curva, Tugatog, and
Larcon. Forty (40) farmer owners were selected as the
respondents of this study. As to the status of farm
operations in the marketing aspect, the study revealed that
farm products were sold to direct buyers with lesser selling
expenses than in a sales agent. In the production aspect,
the farm owners were still in the traditional farming
method, but only a few were modern. Inbred type of seed
was more preferred by the farm owners in rice farming,
while red onion seed was chosen in onion farming. Wheel
tractors and rotavator were used for the cultivation of land
and means of transportation. In the management aspect,
farmers usually hire four farmworkers to do tasks such as
fertilizing and spraying pesticides. In the financial part,
farmer-owners sourced capitalization from their savings,
lending institutions, and cooperatives. As to problems
encountered, the study revealed that flood, lack of water
system, an outbreak of insect and pests, and plant diseases
affected the quality of output in the marketing aspect.
While the failure of machinery and equipment, which
resulted in repairing expenses and increasing the cost of
farm inputs, is the main problem encountered by the farm
owners in the production aspect. Skills of farmworkers
were the main problem when it comes to the management
aspect. Farm owners' financial problems were insufficient
capital, rising input costs, limited government support,
high interest on collateralized loans, limited credit
institutions offering agricultural loans, unpaid loan
balances, and bankruptcy.It is recommended that the
government should continue to concentrate on improving
support programs for the competitiveness of the farming
sectors regarding inputs and production methods, farm-tomarket roads, trading centers, training programs,
financial assistance, and access credit to farmers
Keywords :
Farm, Farm Business, Agriculture, Business, Status, Challenges.
