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Factors affecting forms of value addition decisions of ubi/purple yam farmers in Bohol, Philippines
Thesis Abstract:
Value addition provides a way for more income generation for farmers. It could take many forms depending on various factors that farmers faced. This study aimed to examine how socio-economic, technological, market, and absence of enabling environment factors affected the forms of value addition that ubi farmers performed, This study also sought to discover the extent of value addition activities, value-created from those activities, and identify constraints in the value chain of ubi. Data were collected through interviews of 161 respondents and focus group discussions of key informants in seven (7) areas in Bohol, Philippines, and were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics particularly chi-squares and Cramer's V.
Results of the study revealed that there were value addition activities done on ubi in Bohol, and these were namely: cleaning, sorting, grading, done mostly by ubi farmers, and processing done mostly by private enterprises and one LGU processor. Forty-eight percent of ubi farmers' produce are used for home consumption and the rest are sold to four major markets namely: locals/tourists, traders, LGU trading center, and processors. Among those markets, the highest value-addition that ubi farmers faced was through selling to processors which generated added value of 38.51 pesos. Ubi production in Bohol was estimated to have a profit margin of 58.5%.
The study also found several constraints in production, post-harvest, marketing, processing, market links of the ubi value chain. The study also found ten (10) factors that affected the three forms of value addition that ubi farmers do. Of those ten significant factors, one factor - access to input provision programs - was found to be affecting all three forms of value addition. Seven factors were found to affect two forms of value addition namely: income from ubi, the area planted, mode of payment, method of sale, distance to market, access to training, and access to commodity promotion program. There were two factors found to affect only one form of value addition.