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Land Fragmentation Impact on Agricultural Mechanization for Rice Farmers in the Interior Municipalities in the 2nd District of Ilocos Sur

Author(s) Jessa Fae M. Agcayab, Francisco N. Divina
Country Philippines
Abstract The study aimed to determine the socio-demographic profile of respondents, land fragmentation index, degree of utilization of farm machinery, comparative analysis on the cost of production of manually operated and man-machine operated rice farms, relationship of demographic profile and cost of production to the degree of utilization of farm machinery, and the econometric impact of land fragmentation.

The descriptive correlational research design was employed in this study. A survey questionnaire was used in gathering data. Frequency count, percentage, and means were employed for the demographic profile, and degree of utilization, respectively. Chi-square test, and Pearson correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship of demographic profile, and cost of production to the degree of utilization, and also for the econometric impact of land fragmentation.

Majority of the farmer-respondents were IP members, male, in their mature working age, married, have 4-6 household members, finished high school, members of an association, had a farming income below poverty threshold level, had 1 farm parcel, had farms located within their barangay, had a subsistence farm area, had a rectangular shaped plots, had farm plots 0-4km away from their house, had a rainfed farm type, farmlands were man-machine operated, spent 7.01-9.0 hours working on-farm, and were farmer-lessees. The farmer-respondents within the study area tilled a number of small, disconnected planting plots for rice production which hampered the efficient utilization of farm machinery, and increased production cost. Most of the farm operations were done solely with the use of machinery operated by man. The comparative analysis using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was not employed in this study because there was only one farmer-respondent who utilized manual operation for his farm activities. The age, number of household members, sex, educational background, membership to association do not influence the degree of farm machinery use. There is a significant relationship between marital status and degree of utilization of farm machinery with respect to holding size. The degree of utilization of farm machinery does not affect the cost of production of rice. For the econometric impact, crop productivity and economic profitability of rice production was greatly affected by land fragmentation which also has a direct effect on the level of use of direct inputs, total production cost, and holding size. On the other hand, the number of household members do not affect crop productivity and farm profit. Hence, land fragmentation deters economic development.

It is strongly recommended to increase the holding size of rice farmers and reduce the magnitude of farm parcels. Land consolidation must be reinforced to lessen the cost of production, increase the efficiency of machinery use, increase rice production, and increase rice farming profit.
Keywords Land Fragmentation Index, Degree of Utilization, Econometric Impact
Published In Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2024
Published On 2024-05-31
Cite This Land Fragmentation Impact on Agricultural Mechanization for Rice Farmers in the Interior Municipalities in the 2nd District of Ilocos Sur - Jessa Fae M. Agcayab, Francisco N. Divina - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i03.21572
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i03.21572
Short DOI https://doi.org/gtw6qp
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