Publication: Attitudes of vegetable farmers in La Union towards Asean integration
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2016-03
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Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University - North La Union Campus
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This study was conducted to assess the attitude of vegetable farmers to ASEAN Integration. The data were drawn from 100 selected respondents using purposive stratified random sampling, gathered through personal interview using a questionnaire schedule and were analyzed using frequency, percentages, rank and weighted mean.
Majority of the vegetable farmers were married, male, Roman Catholic, had
high school education, 49.85 years average age, 3 children and farm leaseholders, preferred to plant eggplant in 1,487.26 square meters farm size with 2,267.1 kgs production. Few were aware about ASEAN Integration who learned it in Television. They claimed that ASEAN Integration has much effects especially on the expanded market, provides access to market, better financial, technical, managerial and other business supports, sets open trade and improved quality product as the positive effects while stiff competition and decreased productivity as the negatives effects which were perceived to surely happen. Some of the recommended good agricultural practices in AFTA were adopted.
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Biado, E. S. (2016). Attitudes of vegetable farmers in La Union towards Asean integration. [Unpublished Undergraduate Feasibility Study, Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University - North La Union Campus, Sapilang, Bacnotan, La Union]. Lakasa ti Sirib, DMMMSU Institutional Repository.