Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 24 ISSUE 4
Written by Leomarich F. CASINILLO, Jemboy M. CADENAS, Erika Joy J. TAMAYO

The main aim of this research article is to evaluate the forage management practices of ruminant raisers in the Municipality of Jaro, Leyte, Philippines. The study also predicted the statistically significant factors of forage management practices and described their implications. A validated developed questionnaire was used to gather primary data for selected ruminant raisers in the Municipality of Jaro. Descriptive measures were calculated to provide the necessary information to describe the collected data and summarize it in statistical tables. Additionally, regression models were constructed to determine the significant predictors of forage management practices. The results depicted that, on average, ruminant raisers are not implementing forage management practices regarding planting, care and management, harvesting, and feeding procedures. This means that ruminant raisers are not implementing agricultural technologies that might improve their productivity and profitability. The regression analysis revealed that male ruminant raisers are implementing forage management as opposed to female raisers. In addition, the regression model showed that ruminant raisers are observing forage management if they have more number of ruminant animals. Moreover, it is depicted that ruminant raisers are more likely to practice forage management to increase their income. Hence, to encourage the ruminant farmers to implement forage management, the local government must conduct a seminar and educational training to introduce to them the new existing technologies and their advantages in the production process.

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