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    Marketing of Pina fiber in Balete, Aklan
    Barrios, Jerson T. (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 1995-12-01)
    This study describes and analyses the different marketing channels, functions, costs, margins, and the different problems encountered by both producers of pina and middlemen of pina fiber in Balete, Aklan. Of the four barangay sampled, primary data were obtained from ten (10) producers who were asked about their recent halved, and 34 middlemen were consequently interviewed based on their last week’s operations. Results of the study show that out of the 40.200 pina leaves harvested by producers, scrapers absorbed the bulk or 69.71 %(24,900), while the legist fraction of .99% was token by producer-scrapers-trader. Highest prices paid for pina leaves at P0.35 was accorded by producer-scrapper-knotter while scraper-knotter offered the least price at P.25. Despite of the five marketing activities performed, and corresponding costs on marketing Investments, producers still incurred positive financial net farm price of P.217. By marketing functions, seven types of middlemen were observed, namely: scrapers, producer-scrapers, scraper-knotters, producer-scraper-knotter, knotters, producer-scraper-trader, and traders—who essentially perform an overlap of functions. Though all types of middlemen incurred positive gross margin, not everyone experienced positive not margins and net returns. With the bulk of transactions disposed by traders (1,668.125 leaves) and producer-scraper trader (2,000 leaves), these two types of middlemen received positive financial net margins and returns. Of the different marketing problems cited, majority the majority of producers and middlemen were unanimous in pointing at low price of the product as their biggest constraint Other than the need to increase the price, organizing a cooperative and support from the local government, this study suggests, that due to foe duplication of function among types of middlemen, specialization on a particular function (e.g, scraper or knotter— alone) is a must in order to curb the circuitous and dragging flow of the product and lessen costs on labor.
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    Costs and returns of backyard hog fattening: A comparative study of members and non-members of the Katin-aran Center in Pavia, Iloilo
    Asuncion, Allan V. (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 1993-10)
    This study evaluates and compares the economic performance in backyard hog fattening of members and non-members of the Katin-aran Center in Brgy. Amparo Pavia. Iloilo. Primary data was gathered using an interview schedule from 42 members and 33 non-members. Half of the member respondents raised four piglets, while the majority of the non-member respondents raised one piglet. In the purchase of piglets, all of the respondents purchased their piglets using the visual inspection. In the selling of the fattened hogs, most of the respondents used the visual inspection method, while a few of them used the liveweight method. Most of the member respondents purchased their □iglets at the age of 46-60 days old. The non-member respondents purchased their piglets at ages 30-45 days and 46-60 days. Member respondents employed not only the dry and wet feeding method, but also practiced both methods to increase the weight of their piglets, while the non-member respondents used only the dry and wet feeding method. Most of the respondents fed their hogs three times a day with different kinds of feeds, such as kangkong. rice/corn bran, hogmash, and fishmeal. The majority of the respondents cleaned their hogpens once a day. gave supplementary treatment, dewormed, and vaccinated their piglets. Most respondents bathed their piglets once a day. The results of the study agreed with its hypothesis that members of the Backyard Hog Fattening Project of the Katin-aran Center earn higher profits and returns than non-members. Member respondents also yielded a higher rate of return on investment, rate of return on total operating cost, ratio of profit to variable cost, and ratio of profit to total revenue than non-member respondents. The problems encountered by the respondents include limited capital high cost of feeds. the unpredictable weather conditions and temperature. pests and diseases. inadequate water supply and the disposal of wastes.
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    Marketing of milkfish in Iloilo City
    De la Gente, Alice Joan S. (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 1991)
    This study describes the marketing practices, costs, net farm price received by the producers, gross margin received by the middlemen and the problems encountered in milkfish marketing in IIoi1o City. Primary data was gathered from 24 producers who were interviewed about their 1ast harvest and 56 midd1emen who were interviewed about their last week's transaction. Of the total volume sold by the producers (30360kg , 86.83% went to the commission men. The highest price, P55/kg, was received by the producers from the institutional buyer, while the lowest price, p38.48/kg, was received from the commission men. The marketing costs received were P5.40/kg and P5.61/kg by the producers who sold locally and in Manila, respectively. The commission men's fee accounted for the largest share of marketing costs of both the producers who sold locally (P2.36/kg) and in Manila (P2.50/kg). The net farm prices received were P35.30/kg and P33.72/kg by producers who sold milkfish locally and in Manila, respectively. The producers whose milkfish were sold in Manila received a lower average price with higher marketing costs. By market function, seven types of middlemen were identified: commission man, buyer-seller, wholesaler, wholesaler-shipper, buyer-seller-retailer, wholesaler-retailer, and retailer. The middlemen sold a total volume of 57070.5kg inside (64.037%) and outside (35.977%) the survey area. The commission men sold the highest volume (34.71%) of milkfish. The wholesaler-retailers received the highest average selling price of P47.75/kg. The wholesaler-shippers had the highest gross margin ( P8.22/k kg) while the wholesaler—retailers who sold outside the survey area had the highest net return ( P3.97/ kg ) The low price of milkfish was the main problem of both producers and middlemen. The milkfish marketing involved many channels, primarily brought about by the presence of too many types of middlemen who practiced intertrading among each other. Thus, there was a duplication of the performance of marketing practices among types of middlemen, which increased the marketing costs and correspondingly raised the prices of milkfish.