Determinants of rice farmers' productivity under national and communal irrigation systems in Nueva Ecija, Philippines
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1986
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Abdul Aziz Pahlwan
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The study sought to determine the relationship of the rice productivity of farmers and some socio-demographic characteristics, input availability, and contact with change agents of farmers using the national (NIS) and communal irrigation systems (CIS) in Munoz and Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija, Philippine.
A total of 200 respondents equally representing both systems were randomly selected. An interview schedule was the sole instrument used. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, multiple regression analysis, and t-test wer used in the analysis of relationships between the independent and dependent variables.
Results revealed that only educational status and household size had significant relationship with rice productivity under NIS but not under CIS. All the other variables did show significant relationship with rice productivity either under NIS or CIS.
Among input variables both under NIS and CIS, adequacy of fertilizers showed highly significant relationship with size prductivity. Adequacy of irrigation waer and farm tools and machineries showed significant relationship with farmers' rice productivity under CIS only.
Farmers' contact with extension workers, visit to field demonstrations and discussion with friends and neighbors were not signfiicahtly related with the rice productivity of farmers in both systems. But listening to radio agricultural programs showed significant relationship with ice prodctivity under CIS but not under NIS.
NIS farmers obtained significantly higher productivity (10.79 cavans/ha) than the CIS farmers. IOnsufficient irrigation water, high cost of production, lowcost of products, financial problems, drainage prblem, weed infestation, natural calamities, insect pests and diseases were the common problems of farmers in bogh systems.