Production Practices and Marketing Strategies of Ginger (Zingiber officinale L.) in Southern Philippines
Alexander Morados
Abstract:
Ginger (Zingiber officinale L.) is one of the priority vegetables and most
processed functional food in many parts of the the Philippines. This
study assessed the production practices and marketing strategies of
ginger in Northern Mindanao from October 2022 to October 2023. It
utilized a validated survey questionnaire administered to 160 registered farmers in the provinces of Bukidnon, Camiguin, Lanao del Norte,
Misamis Occidental and Misamis Occidental supplemented with key informant interviews, focus group discussion and secondary data. Findings showed that majority of the respondents belong to age bracket 50-
59 years old, earn a monthly family income range of PhP 9,520.00 to
PhP 19,040.00 and obtain basic education diploma. The respondents
“Always Practiced” the recommended production practices and “Moderately Practiced” the suggested marketing strategies for the commodity by the Department of Agriculture. There is a significant relationship
between production practices and marketing strategies. There is a significant differnce on the extent of marketing strategies when grouped
according to age and monthly and highest educational attainment. Challenges include low market price and high cost of farm inputs which are
threats productivity and profitability of the ginger industry.
References:
- Baral, R., Kafle, B. P., Panday, D., Shrestha, J., & Min, D. (2021). Adoption of Good Agricul-tural Practice to increase yield and profit of ginger farming in Nepal. Journal of Horticultural Research, 29(1), 55-66.
- Bordoloi, J., & Bhuyan, A. (2022). Production and Marketing Practices of Ginger Culti-vation in Karbi Anglong District, As-sam. Indian Journal of Economics and De-velopment, 18(2), 313-321.
- Bureau of Product Standards. (2007). Philip-pine national standard for fresh vegeta-bles vegetables- ginger grading and clas-sification. Makati City: DTI.
- Department of Science and Technology (n.d.). Harmonized national research and de-velopment agenda 2017-2022. Retrieved from Department of Science and Tech-nology website: http://www.dost.gov.ph/phocadownload/Downloads/Journals/
- Department of Science and Technology Re-gional Office No. 10. (2019). Grow Gin-ger.Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City.
- Khanal, K. (2018). Factors Affecting and mar-keting chain of ginger in Salyan District, Nepal. International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, 6(2), 127-131.
- Mahat, S., Sapkota, S., Sapkota, S., & Katuwal, K. (2019). Factors affecting ginger pro-duction in surkhet district, Ne-pal. International Journal of Applied Sci-ences and Biotechnology, 7(2), 269-273.
- Manigo, C.G. (2021). The aging Filipino farm-ers: a threat to food security. Philippine Daily Inquirer May 2021 issue.
- New Humanitarian Report 2023.Package of Technology of Different Vegetable Crops. (2019). DA-RFU IV-A, BAR, Dili-man, Quezon City.PSA Report 2022
- Saliot, A. DA-BAR Monthly Newsletter May 2019 Issue.
- SEARCA News 2023 Compilation. Los Banos, Laguna
- Setiawan, A. B., & Fadillah, R. N. (2021). The Value Chain Analysis and Strategies for the Development of Ginger Farming in Semarang Regency. Jurnal Ekonomi Pem-bangunan: Kajian Masalah Ekonomi dan Pembangunan, 22(2), 200-217.
- UN-FAO Report 2021. Rome, Italy
- Widadie, F. (2020). Analysis of ginger market-ing strategy in Karanganyar Regency, In-donesia. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 423, No. 1, p. 012031). IOP Publishing.
Philippine E-Journals
