Abstract
The study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) of farmers from Magalang, Pampanga, Philippines on the national government’s Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) - Seed Program. It also identified the farmers’ sources of information on the programs and their relationship to their KAP. This inferential quantitative research was conducted through a survey among 244 farmers from the Municipality of Magalang, Pampanga. Data was analyzed through the Frequency Distribution Table, Mean, and Chi-square test. Results evidenced that most of the respondents were males, aged 50-59 years old, married, and were high school graduates. In terms of their sources of information on the RCEF-Seed Program, their primary source is the Local Government Unit (LGU). This is followed by the farmers’ cooperative and associations, and the barangay officials. The respondents are knowledgeable on the objectives and processes of the Seed Program. They also have a positive attitude toward the program as they strongly agree on the parameters of the Seed Program. In terms of practices, the farmers participated in the Seed Program by always acquiring free seeds and following the protocols imposed by the LGU in the program. The findings also presented a significant relationship between the respondents’ sources of information on the RCEF-Seed Program to their knowledge, attitude, and practices. As such, it is recommended that the Local Government Units and other implementing agencies should continue their focus on promoting the programs and reinforce the encouragement to the farmers to avail and engage in the programs.
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Camille Rose Carl R. Mendoza, Pampanga State Agricultural University, Philippines
Precious G. Supan, Pampanga State Agricultural University, Philippines
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Conference: KAMC2023
Stream: Communication
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Mendoza C., & Supan P. (2023) Farmers’ Information Sources Vis-à-Vis Knowledge, Attitude and Practices on the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund – Seed Program ISSN: 2436-0503 – The Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture 2023: Official Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2436-0503.2023.31
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2436-0503.2023.31
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