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Farmers’ Perception On The Health And Environmental Benefits Of Organic Rice Production In The Philippines: Implications For Further Policy Research, Guinevere T. Madlangbayan, Agnes C. Rola
Farmers’ Perception On The Health And Environmental Benefits Of Organic Rice Production In The Philippines: Implications For Further Policy Research, Guinevere T. Madlangbayan, Agnes C. Rola
Journal of Public Affairs and Development
Conventional rice production with the use of chemicals was found to have negative externalities both to the farmers’ health and the farming environment. Organic agriculture technologies were developed to minimize such impacts. This paper explores the empirical support of the health and environmental benefits of organic agriculture by generating data from a survey of rice farmers and focus group discussions in rice farming communities. The respondents came from rice farming areas in the country where early adoptors of the organic rice farming system were located. The results of the analysis suggest that farmers fail to recognize the relationship between the …
Community Capitals Management For Household Well-Being: Case Studies In Two Communities In Surin And Buriram Provinces, Thailand, Itthirit Suwannakam, Josefina T. Dizon
Community Capitals Management For Household Well-Being: Case Studies In Two Communities In Surin And Buriram Provinces, Thailand, Itthirit Suwannakam, Josefina T. Dizon
Journal of Public Affairs and Development
This study was conducted in two villages in Thailand, Nongtakhem in Buriram province and Somboon in Surin province. It analyzed the community capitals management for household wellbeing. Data were gathered through household survey, key informant interviews, field observation, and review of related data. For the survey, 64 households were selected from Nongtakhem and 54 households from Somboon through simple random sampling. Descriptive statistics and t-test were used in the data analysis. Findings show that both villages practiced all the community capitals management strategies (group membership, family planning, sufficiency economy, savings plan, household accounting, and secondary occupation) except family forest management, …
Toward Building Collaborative Capacity: Assessment Of Service Delivery In Makati Homeville, Laguna, Philippines, Christie C. Amores, Nelson Jose Vincent B. Querijero
Toward Building Collaborative Capacity: Assessment Of Service Delivery In Makati Homeville, Laguna, Philippines, Christie C. Amores, Nelson Jose Vincent B. Querijero
Journal of Public Affairs and Development
This study assessed the service delivery in Makati Homeville (MH), Calauan in Laguna, Philippines. Specifically, it analyzed the perceived strength of the collaborative capacity of the Makati Social Welfare and Development-Extension Office (MSWD-EO) in the areas of accountability, outcomes, delivery and alignment, and proposed mechanisms by which service delivery can be scaled up to ensure sustainability. The Collaborate and United Nations Development Programme's Collaborative Capacity Framework was adopted to examine key areas of public service delivery where collaboration could be strengthened to ensure better outcomes. The perceived strength was measured by computing the mean scores of respondents' numerical rating for …