Implementing Sugarcane Block Farming for Increased Farm Income and Productivity
Pantoja, Blanquita R.; Alvarez, Joanne V.; Sanchez, Flordeliza A. | February 2019
Abstract
This study assesses the performance of the sugarcane block farming (SBF) as a land consolidation model for increasing farm productivity and income of the sugarcane farmers’ sector. As such, a framework identifying factors needed for a successful SBF implementation was formulated considering the supply chain, the policy environment, and the global market. Using a case study approach, block farms, both cooperative managed and individually managed, were examined.
The study notes several issues on production, marketing, and pricing that affect the implementation of SBF. It recommends that SBF arrangements should be encouraged but the government has to provide a policy environment for Philippine export crops to be competitive. Agrarian reform beneficiaries and their associations should also be supported through capacity-building activities.
Citation
Pantoja, Blanquita R.; Alvarez, Joanne V.; Sanchez, Flordeliza A.. 2019. Implementing Sugarcane Block Farming for Increased Farm Income and Productivity. © Philippine Institute for Development Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9703.ISSN
1908-3297
2508-0830electronic
Keywords
Commercial agriculture
Agriculture
Sustainable agriculture
Trade Volume
Agricultural Trade
Food Security And Trade
Regional Trade Agreements
Food Security
Agriculture
Agricultural Trade
Trade
Trade Barriers
Trade Facilitation
Sustainable agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Trade Negotiations
Trade Development
Trade And Development
Regional Trade Agreements
Agricultural Trade
Agriculture Trade Liberalization
Agroindustry
Agricultural trade
Commercial farming
Agroindustry
Sustainable development
Export volume
Export Development
Access to markets
Agricultural market
Agricultural economy
Distribution
Agricultural trade
Agricultural investment
Agricultural economy
Agricultural products
Import volume
Export volume
Tariff negotiations
Regional integration
Trade regulations
Agricultural market
Agricultural economy
Agricultural diversification
Agricultural resource
Farm produce
Land capability for agriculture
Food Supply
Rural land use
Technological innovations
Agricultural innovations
Farm supply industry
Natural resource
Adaptive natural resource management
Produce trade
Poor
Price Indexes
Integrated rural development
Cost and standard of living
Population
Crop improvement
Rice farming
Crop
Food industry
Perishable goods
Food
Agricultural resource
Farm produce
Natural products in agriculture
Plant products industry
New agricultural enterprises
Agricultural industry
Foreign trade and employment
Perishable goods
Consumer goods
Agricultural products
Agricultural industry
Food industry
Food Safety
Crop Insurance
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