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    Trend analysis on the resource use efficiency of block farm and cooperative schemes in sugarcane production
    Alcasid, Cleo Jane A. (Davao del Sur State College, 2025-06)
    The primary aim of the study was to determine if there is significant difference between the resource-use efficiency of sugarcane production between block farm members and cooperative members with 216 farmers from Kiblawan and Hagonoy. A descriptive-comparative research design was utilized last December 2024- February 2025. Data was analyzed using Frequency Distribution, Mean, Net Profit Margin, Cobb-Douglas production function, Marginal Value Productivity, and Resource Use Efficiency. Majority of the respondents were 52-67 years old, male, and almost all of them are married, and reached tertiary education. They dedicate their entire landholding to sugarcane farming, all of the farmers had been into sugarcane production for 5 years and above, while 68.50% are members of sugarcane farmer cooperative, and all of them have undergone trainings related to sugarcane production. Farmers who are members of sugarcane cooperatives spend more than their counterparts from block farms in terms of labor cost per hectare. Even with higher cost of production, cooperative members still reported slightly higher net income, and Net Profit Margin of 0.18, and with this, the Benefit: Cost Ratio is also higher for farmers who are members of cooperative at 0.23. All the variables associated in sugarcane production for farms of cooperative members are overutilized, and that production can be increased by reducing the units of inputs. On the other hand, for farmers under block farm system, there is a mix of underutilization and overutilization of variables. Labor, land preparation and transportation costs were underutilized, while the rest of the costs associated with sugarcane production are overutilized. To increase efficiency of sugarcane production under block farms, there is a need to increase the unit of inputs for labor, land preparation and transportation costs to maximize productivity, whereas inputs such as machinery and equipment, fertilizers and pesticides area overutilized.
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    Processing of fiber based biofoam cups using sugarcane bagasse and cassava starch as plant container for hydroponic system
    Sarno, Ma. Rachel Anne N. (Davao del Sur State College, 2024-05)
    The study was designed to produce a fiber-based biofoam cup from different mixtures of sugarcane bagasse and cassava starch, an alternative to styrofoam cups as plant containers in a hydroponics set-up. The study was carried out with 3 treatments replicated thrice. The mixture was added with a constant amount of polyvinyl alcohol, glycerol and magnesium stearate by weight basis, and then coated with paraffin wax. The data for density, water absorption, solubility as well as the performance of the biocups in terms of plant growth (no. of leaves), plant mortality and pH level when used as plant containers in Kratky method were gathered through a completely randomized design and analyzed using the analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the Least Significant Difference (LSD) test at 1% and 5% levels. Only the treatment yielding the best results in terms of quality were evaluated for hydroponic application. Statically, the results indicate that the density and water absorption of the cups from the three treatments significantly varied with a P-value of 0.0055 and 0.0127 respectively. However, no significant difference was observed for the solubility of the biocups among the treatment with a P- value of 0.0827. Based on the results, treatment 3 exhibited the highest density and lowest values for solubility and water absorption among the treatments and was selected with the commercially available styrofoam cups as plant containers in Kratky method hydroponics set-up. For the duration of the observation period, all petchay plants survived resulting in a mortality rate of 0%. Furthermore, there was a significant difference in the number of leaves, as indicated by the P-value of 0.0059 while pH level was found to be lower (6.38) for treatment 3 than the control (6.40). The results suggest that biofoam cups are not best to be used as plant container in hydroponics, but due to its higher density, low water absorption and solubility it implies potential suitability for other planting materials, such as for seedlings.