Organic Farming Practices: The Challenges Faced by the Vegetable Farmers in

Bagumbayan, Kauswagan, Lanao Del Norte

A Research Paper
Presented to the faculty
Grade – 11 TVL Agriculture

Agando, Ashnor
Baroro, Patric James
Casas, Hikee Jhon
Dela-cerna, Chien
Edmilao, Eden
Genon, Joel

S.Y. 2022 - 2023

 CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Organic agricultural practices include replacing synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides
with organic materials and biological controls and eliminating genetically engineered organisms.
Concurrently, soil fertility in organic systems is sustained by organic matter input, crop rotation,
and Biological related disease management (Willer et.,al 2008). The agricultural practice of
employing naturally occurring materials to grow crops is known as organic farming. Organic
farming is a method of raising crops and livestock that entails much more than choosing not to
use pesticides, fertilizers, genetically modified organisms, antibiotics, and growth hormones.

According to John A. Biernbaum (2003), a common phrase used to characterize organic

growing that will be explained in detail is “ feeding the soil, not the plant”. Organic matter is
maintained in the soil through the addition of compost, animal manure, and green manures and
the avoidance of excess tilage and nitrogen application. Another common aspect of organic
agriculture is growing without synthetic fertilizers or pest control chemicals.

Organic farming practices rely on crop rotations, crop residues, animal manure, legumes,
green manure, off and on farm organic wastes, mechanical cultivation, mineral bearing rocks and
aspects of biological pest control, to maintain productivity and tilth, to supply plant nutrient and
to control weeds and other pests Singh(2021).

Essentially, According to the Department of Agriculture (DA) - Organic Agriculture

Program, organic farming practices aims to promote, propagate, further develop and implement
in the Philippines towards a competitive and sustainable Organic Agriculture industry that
contributes to: (1) Better farm incomes and sustainable livelihood, (2) Improved health of the
public in general, (3) Environmental Protection, (3) Disaster risk reduction and resilience to
Climate change, (4) Meeting the basic material needs and immproving standard of living.

As a result, Kauswagan is ranked among the municipalities with a high poverty incidence
rate as high as 79% in 2009. Massive displacement and dislocation of communities led to
deterioration in health, education and economic measures. Worse, the situation created an
atmosphere of mistrust between the Muslims and the Christians. A change in the local leadership
2010 brought with it much needed local reforms. The new LGU leadership began to implement a
participatory approach in the governance of the municpality as a means to entire rebels to return
to the fold of the law.
The municipal LGU began pursuing the program “From Arms to Farms”. Peace building
measures such as Peacepath workshops were pursued in collaboration with the communities and
with the assistance of local NGOs and POs and even the religious foundation. Even the military
helped in organizing and rebel returnees into socioeconomic assiotions.

Theoretical/Conceptual framework

(Republic Act No.10068) known as the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010 is made the basis
of this research. This Act states that the practice of organic agriculture in the Philippines shall be
promoted, spread, developed further, and put into practice in order to improve soil fertility, boost
agricultural productivity, minimize pollution and environmental degradation, and avoid the
depletion of natural resources.

According to Orsolya Edelyi, (2010) stated that when it comes to sustainability, it is critical
to see the organic food sector as a complex system, since while some aspects of production may
be sustainable, the system as a whole may have more negative consequences than conventional
agriculture. For example, one study found that low input, chemical-free, unsustainable
agriculture techniques degraded soil fertility in wide region , even if the farmers were organic in
terms of inputs (Rigby et al.,2001).

Figure 1 explains the relationship between Organic Farming Practices and uses or organic
farming in Kauswagan Lanao Del Norte on the calendar 2022. The first Box of schema contains
the independent variables, Organic farming practices in Kauswagan Lanao Del Norte. In
contrast, the opposite box contains the department variables, including the methods of evaluating
of organic farming practices.
INDEPENT VARIABLES DEPENDENT VARIABL
Organic farming Practices in *Deterioration in health
Kauswagan Lanao Del Norte *Education
*Economic measures

Statement of the Problem

The main problem of this study is Organic farming practices: the challenges faced by the
vegetables farmers in Bagumbayan Kauswagan Lanao Del Norte. It attempts to answer the
following questions:

1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of;

1.1 Age

1.2 Educational Attainment

1.3 Economic Status

2. What are the Organic farming practices in Kauswagan, Lanao Del Norte?

3. I there a difference between Manure ang Vermicast farming in terms of;

3.1 deterioration in health

3.3 Economic measures

Significance of the study

The researchers believed that this study is significant to the students, farmers, locality and
school. It is hoped that this study will contribute to the interest of the student in terms of the
expanding the knowledge about Organic Farming and its different Practices.

Students. The result will provide the students with the new knowledge about Organic Farming
Practices. At the end of the study, it will give the students a realization about the importance of
why the Organic Farming is important to the life of a farmer.
Farmers. It helps sustain life by providing food we need to survive.
Locality. The result of this study will give the locality the idea on what are the importance and
benefits and as well the advantages of growing crops with the used of Organic Farming instead
of Conventional Farming.
School . The result of this study will help the school to improved and strong advocate the used of
Organic materials and fertilizers in growing crops specially in Agricultural related Courses
study.

Scope and Delimitation of the Study

This study will be conducted in Bagumbayan, Kauswagan, Lanao Del Norte. The residents
will be the Organic Farmers listed in the Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO). Since this is a
purposive research study, purposive sampling will be used to gather and interpret the data
collected. This research study focuses only on Organic Farming Practices in Bagumbayan,
Kauswagan, Lanao Del Norte.

Definition of Terms

To better understand the words that seem unfamiliar to the readers and future researchers, the
researchers of this study defined various terms throughout the study, conceptually and
operationally.
Vermicomposting. It is the process by which worms are used to convert organic materials
(usually wastes) into a humus-like material known as vermin-scompost. (Esther Fleming, 2019)
Innovation. It is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new
goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services. (Jose Sumrak, 2021)
Substrate. It is a layer umderneath or the surface where an organism grows. An example of as
substrate is a surface where an enzyme acts. (Bhajan Ortler, 2020)
Bagumbayan, Kauswagan, Lanao Del Norte. It is the locality where the researcher will
conduct their study.

REFERENCE:
John A. Biernbaum (2003), Department of Horticure Michigan State University.
Organic Farming Principles and Practices.

M. Singh (2021), Organic Farming for sustainable Agriculture. Indian is mainly and agricultural
country (cpublishingmedia.com)

Republic of the Philippines. Department of Agriculture – Organic Agriculture Program. DA-

Regional Field Office III