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    Marketing of sweet pepper in Leon, Iloilo
    Cadarin, Eden C. (Division of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, 1998-07)
    This study describes the marketing system of sweet pepper in Leon, Iloilo. The marketing operations of sweet pepper farmers and middlemen were surveyed. A total of fifty two (52) respondents, were interviewed, forty (40) of which are farmers and twelve (12) are middlemen . The data were based on the recent harvest of the farmers and the last transaction activity of the middlemen. The respondents are from Brgy. Buga and Brgy. Mocol, the top sweet pepper producing barangays in Leon, Iloilo. The farmers received an average P 28.69 per kg of sweet pepper sold. The marketing costs incurred amounted to P 14.19 per kg, which include the pre-sale costs, expenses on tickets, permits, ”arcabala"/bills, depreciation costs on investments and other miscellaneous expenses. The net farm price received by farmers was P 15.50 per kg. The most common problems cited by the farmers in sweet pepper marketing include pests and diseases and the perishability of the product brought about by delayed market. It was recommended that for farmers to increase their production, they need to have irrigation facilities and enough financial capital so that they will not resort to borrowing . Farmers are concern more on the financial aspect of sweet pepper production. The middlemen on the other hand, received a gross margin of P 8.39 per kg. On the average, their marketing costs amounted to P4.34 per kg. The marketing margin they received was P 4.05 per kg. Findings show that the middlemen need to procure sweet pepper in bulk to cover the high marketing costs incurred. Their primary concern is in maintaining the quality of sweet pepper to avoid losses.
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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.