Economic Performance on Postharvest Practices among Lowland Rice Farmers in Lanao Del Sur, ARMM, Philippines

Rasmiah D. Macabalang Mama

Abstract


Farming is an extensive cultivation of plants to yield food, feed, or fiber; to provide medicinal or industrial ingredients; or to grow ornamental products. This study sought to determine the economic performance of postharvest practices among lowland rice farmers in Lanao del Sur, ARMM, Philippines. Two hundred (200) randomly selected lowland rice farmers from the municipalities of Ramain, Buadiposo-Buntong, Bubong, and Mulondo, all Lanao del Sur participated this survey research. Results revealed that farmers have less threshing and drying practices. Majority used mechanical threshing and solar drying; never practice storage and milling. Postharvest problems are:  lack of awareness and appropriate technologies, lack of capital and incentives for quality products; too much broken straw on oscillating screen, grain blown over the wing board, high investment cost, unfavorable weather conditions, inefficient one-pass method, lack of electric power/fuel, drying, milling, and storage methods. Furthermore, educational attainment, yield, annual gross income, transportation cost, and extension contacts have significant influence to threshing practices. Family size, farm size, yield, annual gross income and credit availability had significant influence. Family size, tenure status and annual gross income showed significant influence to storage. The losses, cost, output recovery, and time spent were significantly different for threshing while drying; only output recovery has no significant difference. As such, farmers form cooperative and purchase facilities to improve postharvest practices, and get financial assistance from government and private institutions to improve crop yield.


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Keywords: Economics, performance on Postharvest; Lowland rice farmers, Meranao

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