Survey on Costs and Returns of Tomato Production 2017
Philippines, 2017
Reference ID
PHL-PSA-SCR_TOMATO-2017-V1
Producer(s)
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
Collection(s)
Metadata
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BLOCK C2. BASIC
CHARACTERISTICS
OF THE FARM (in
focus parcel) -
BLOCK D. FARM
INVESTMENTS (in
focus parcel) -
BLOCKS AB. FARM
LOCATION AND
SAMPLE
IDENTIFICATION -
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
vald
579
invd
0
Interval
discrete
Decimal
0
range
0 - 11
Questions and instructions
Literal question
What are your recommendations in order to improve your tomato production?
Categories
Value | Category | Cases | |
---|---|---|---|
0 | 74 | 12.8% | |
1 | 79 | 13.6% | |
2 | 14 | 2.4% | |
3 | 130 | 22.5% | |
4 | 22 | 3.8% | |
5 | 90 | 15.5% | |
6 | 23 | 4% | |
7 | 67 | 11.6% | |
8 | 1 | 0.2% | |
9 | 31 | 5.4% | |
10 | 6 | 1% | |
11 | 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
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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.