FARMING PRACTICES OF CORN FARMERS IN THE MAJOR CORN PRODUCING 
BARANGAYS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SARA, ILOILO
A SPECIAL PAPER 
Presented to
The Faculty of the College of Agriculture Resources and Environmental Sciences
Central Philippine University 
Iloilo City
In Partial Fulfillment 
Of the Requirements for the Degree
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
By
Dominador B. De La Cruz 
October 2011
ABSTRACT OF THE STUDY
FARMING PRACTICES OF THE CORN FARMERS IN THE TOP THREE 
CORN PRODUCING BARANGAYS IN THE 
MUNICIPALITY OF SARA, ILOILO
By
Dominador B. De La Cruz 
Reynaldo N. Dusaran, Adviser
This study was conducted to determine the different practices of com farmers in the 
Municipality of Sara, Iloilo. This study employed the one-shot survey design in gathering 
data from 100 com farmers of the top three com producing barangays of Sara as 
respondents using a structured interview schedule. All data were processed and analyzed 
using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Frequency and percentage 
distribution were used as basis for data analysis and interpretation. The com farmer 
respondents were generally between the age of 31 to 50, male, married, with no formal 
education, Roman Catholics, had no other source of income aside from com farming, and 
had been growing com for an average of 12.74 years. The respondents had an average of 
2.4 hectares of mountainous owned land, with two croppings per year and an average 
production of 5.7 tons per hectare. They generally use inorganic chemical inputs to clean 
their com field, control pests and diseases and fertilize their com. They generally practiced 
uphilling their farm twice. The respondents generally harvested their com manually and 
burned the stalks, husk, and cobs after harvest. Generally, they shelled their com
mechanically and used sun drying. Furthermore, the com farmer respondents generally 
were not aware of the possible negative effects of their different practices in com farming 
and the possible effects that could occur in the environment.
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