Determinants Of Livestock Waste Management And Willingness To Act For Improved Practices Among Livestock Raisers In Busuanga Island, Palawan
Determinants Of Livestock Waste Management And Willingness To Act For Improved Practices Among Livestock Raisers In Busuanga Island, Palawan
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2021-05
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Palay, Eduard P.
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PALAY, EDUARD PANTINOPLE. Master of Environment and Natural
Resources Management. Faculty of Management and Development Studies.
University of the Philippines Open University. May 2021. Determinants of
Livestock Waste Management and Willingness to Act for Improved
Practices among Livestock Raisers in Busuanga Island, Palawan.
Special Problem Adviser: Dr. Ramiro F. Plopino
Livestock raising, despite being one of the livelihoods in Busuanga
Island which continues to be a viable venture due to the increasing demand for
food and other meat products, possesses a threat to the environment brought
by animal waste, among others. This study evaluated the farm characteristics
and the socio-demographic profiles of the selected fifty (50) livestock raisers;
25 in Busuanga and 25 in Coron, and subsequently assessed its impact on their
willingness to act positively for infrastructure and facilities in connection with
waste management, wilingness to accept compensation for the animal waste,
and account their behavior and values towards the animal waste recycling. In
the study, livestock animals such as carabao, goat, catle, ducks, geese,
turkeys, swine and chicken are being raised. The findings manifested that the
respondents' wilingness to contribute for the facilities such as road
infrastructure, mobile network services, market accessibility, waste facilities
and cooperative membership are al correlated with the socio-demographics which encourages the membership of the farmers in social groups, and
interestingly, sex has the highest correlation on their WTP for improved market
accessibility. As to their AWR behavior and values, and wilingness to produce
biogas, designation, sex, civil status, educational attainment and household
size have been recorded to have a correlation on their decisions. Animal waste
facilities are absent in some livestock farms although all the farmer-participants
have the knowledge, regardless of level, on animal waste management. Lastly,
animal waste regulation is strictly implemented in the areas nearby barangay
centers, livestock farmers are open to incurring payment for improved services
such as road, water, market access, and waste management facilities, and
cooperative membership affected their decision as to whether contribute or
unite to seek government support. The results of this study can be valuable for
the local government in feasibly improving basic social services particularly in
crafting policies in relation to livestock waste management.
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Research Subject Categories::FORESTRY, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES and LANDSCAPE PLANNING::Animal production::Animal nutrition and management,
Research Subject Categories::FORESTRY, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES and LANDSCAPE PLANNING::Animal production::Animal breeding