Survey on Costs and Returns of Tomato Production 2017
Philippines, 2017
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Reference ID
PHL_2017_SCR-Tomato_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
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Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
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BLOCKS AB. FARM
LOCATION AND
SAMPLE
IDENTIFICATION -
BLOCK C2. BASIC
CHARACTERISTICS
OF THE FARM (in
focus parcel) -
BLOCK D. FARM
INVESTMENTS (in
focus parcel) -
BLOCK E.
MATERIAL INPUTS
(in focus
parcel) -
BLOCK F. LABOR
INPUTS (in
focus parcel) -
BLOCK G. OTHER
PRODUCTION
COSTS (in focus
parcel) -
BLOCK H.
PRODUCTION AND
DISPOSITION (in
focus parcel) -
BLOCK I.
PRODUCTION
RELATED
INFORMATION (in
focus parcel) -
BLOCK J.
MARKETING
RELATED
INFORMATION (in
focus parcel) -
BLOCK K. ACCESS
TO CREDIT (in
focus parcel) -
BLOCK L.
FARMER’S
PARTICIPATION
IN TOMATO
PROGRAMS OR
PROJECTS -
BLOCK M. OTHER
INFORMATION -
BLOCK N. PLANS
AND
RECOMMENDATIONS -
BLOCK C1. BASIC
CHARACTERISTICS
OF THE FARM
Farmer's Recommendation To Improve Tomato Production (N2_RECOMMEND)
Data file: BLOCK N. PLANS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Overview
Valid:
579
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
8
End:
9
Width:
2
Range:
0 - 11
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What are your recommendations in order to improve your tomato production?
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | No Recommendation | 74 |
12.8%
|
| 1 | Increase government subsidy on seeds, fertilizers and pesticides | 79 |
13.6%
|
| 2 | Provide good quality seeds/planting materials | 14 |
2.4%
|
| 3 | Implement pricing policies to support fair product prices at the farmgate | 130 |
22.5%
|
| 4 | Regulate prices of farm inputs | 22 |
3.8%
|
| 5 | Provide financial assistance | 90 |
15.5%
|
| 6 | Increase credit available to tomato farmers | 23 |
4%
|
| 7 | Enhance production and marketing information system for tomato farmers | 67 |
11.6%
|
| 8 | Improve irrigation services | 1 |
0.2%
|
| 9 | Provide farm to market roads and other post-harvest facilities | 31 |
5.4%
|
| 10 | Intensify government research and extension services for tomato farmers | 6 |
1%
|
| 11 | Others | 42 |
7.3%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Interviewer instructions
Ask the sample farmer/operator about their recommendations in order to improve his/her tomato production. Write the answer/s on the space provided.
Imputation and derivation
Derivation
During the review and validation of data, the verbatim answers of the sample farmers were analyzed and identified under the following categories:
1 Increase government subsidy on seeds, fertilizers and pesticides
2 Provide good quality seeds/planting materials
3 Implement pricing policies to support fair product prices at the farmgate
4 Regulate prices of farm inputs
5 Provide financial assistance
6 Increase credit available to tomato farmers
7 Enhance production and marketing information system for tomato farmers
8 Improve irrigation services
9 Provide farm to market roads and other post-harvest facilities
10 Intensify government research and extension services for tomato farmers
11 Others
1 Increase government subsidy on seeds, fertilizers and pesticides
2 Provide good quality seeds/planting materials
3 Implement pricing policies to support fair product prices at the farmgate
4 Regulate prices of farm inputs
5 Provide financial assistance
6 Increase credit available to tomato farmers
7 Enhance production and marketing information system for tomato farmers
8 Improve irrigation services
9 Provide farm to market roads and other post-harvest facilities
10 Intensify government research and extension services for tomato farmers
11 Others
Others
Notes
Other recommendations include instant payment of produce by processor, faster pick-up of produce, early delivery of farm inputs, control supply of tomato in the province, improve farm management and use organic fertilizers, provide soil testing/analysis, provide guaranteed market outlet, craft viable insurance policies for tomato farmers, widen the access to farm machineries and equipment and expand area planted to tomato.