SEAFDEC/AQDINSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY
    • English
    • 日本語
    • ไทย
    • Bahasa Indonesia
  • English 
    • English
    • 日本語
    • ไทย
    • Bahasa Indonesia
  • Login
View Item 
  •   SEAFDEC/AQD Institutional Repository Home
  • 01 SEAFDEC/AQD Publications
  • Conference Proceedings
  • Philippines : In the forefront of the mud crab industry development
  • View Item
  •   SEAFDEC/AQD Institutional Repository Home
  • 01 SEAFDEC/AQD Publications
  • Conference Proceedings
  • Philippines : In the forefront of the mud crab industry development
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Implication of mud crab culture technology transfer on rural coastal communities: The case in northern Samar, Philippines

  • Global styles
  • MLA
  • Vancouver
  • Elsevier - Harvard
  • APA
  • Help
Thumbnail
View/Open
Request a copy
Date
2017
Author
Baticados, Didi B.
Agbayani, Renato F.
Quinitio, Emilia T.
Page views
11,640
Subject
crab culture ASFA
growing ponds ASFA
mangroves ASFA
livelihoods ASFA
nursery ponds ASFA
pond culture ASFA
small-scale aquaculture ASFA
socioeconomic aspects ASFA
survival ASFA
technology transfer ASFA
training ASFA
Scylla AGROVOC
Philippines AGROVOC
Metadata
Show full item record

Share 
 
Abstract
The socio-economic implications of technology transfer of mud crab culture on small-scale growers in Northern Samar and the mechanism of nursery technology transfer were investigated. The study covered four Peoples Organizations (POs), each operating in villages of the four municipalities of Northern Samar namely, Lavezares, Rosario, Laoang, and Pambujan. These were sites of the Philippine-Australian Community Assistance Program - assisted mud crab (Scylla) culture livelihood projects. Interviews from 60 beneficiaries revealed that most (76%) were relatively new to mud crab culture, particularly fattening or growout, but 65% were gleaners of mud crabs for more than 5 years. The average age of respondents was 45 years old and were predominantly male. Most (93%) were married with an average household size of six. A cost and return analysis of mud crab fattening in pens using only two compartments showed that the net income (P4,832/month for a 30-day culture period) is not sufficient if shared among 40 PO members participating in only one economic activity. Consequently, most (63 %) respondents whose livelihood projects were cooperative undertaking were no longer keen with the cooperative-run project. Interestingly, those (83 %) who operated their own farm wanted to continue and expand (26 %), particularly those in Rosario. The motivation factors that influenced growers to continue mud crab culture and adopt the nursery technology being disseminated were primarily economic with extra income and source of cash as main reasons for adoption. Majority also claimed that the nursery technology that was being transferred by SEAFDEC/AQD was simple.

The mud crab pond nursery technology transfer involved community training and participation of beneficiaries, beginning with the linking of technologists and socio-economists with on-the-ground partners. Thereafter, season-long training and farm demonstration followed comprising lecture series and hands-on demonstration. Nursery pond operations were conducted in an open pond (Rosario) and in a pond within a mangrove area (Pambujan). Survival in the pond within a mangrove area was higher (68 %) than in an open pond (50 %) for phase 1, suggesting that the mangrove played a role on mud crab endurance. However, survival in phase 2 (72 %, Pambujan; 83 %, Rosario) showed a reversed trend, suggesting that bigger crablets can withstand/endure harsh pond conditions.

Results of the demonstration indicated that the nursery technology is a viable enterprise, showing an ROI of 93.50% in Rosario and 198.04% in Pambujan. Most (83%) of the growers were interested in the nursery technology, although only few PO members participated in the season-long training. Ownership of area, market, and farm distance from household were the more important considerations that influenced small-scale growers in adopting the technology.
Description
Abstract only.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10862/3196
Suggested Citation
Baticados, D. B., Agbayani, R. F., & Quinitio, E. T. (2017). Implication of mud crab culture technology transfer on rural coastal communities: The case in northern Samar, Philippines. In E. T. Quinitio, F. D. Parado-Estepa, & R. M. Coloso (Eds.), Philippines : In the forefront of the mud crab industry development : proceedings of the 1st National Mud Crab Congress, 16-18 November 2015, Iloilo City, Philippines (pp. 160-161). Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines: Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center.
Type
Conference paper
ISBN
9789719931072
Collections
  • Philippines : In the forefront of the mud crab industry development [44]

Related items

Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

  • Thumbnail

    The Philippines recommends for tilapia 

    The Tilapia Technical Committee 2017 (DOST-PCAARRD, 2018)
    Tilapia is one of the most commercially important commodities in fisheries and aquaculture. Although tilapia is relatively easy to propagate and culture, the Philippine tilapia industry needs the necessary boost in the ...Series: Philippines Recommends Series; No. 98/2018
  • Thumbnail

    Quantitative and qualitative analyses of the bacterial microbiota of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) cultured in earthen ponds in the Philippines 

    Pakingking , Rolando, Jr. ORCID; Palma, Peter ORCID; Usero, Roselyn (Springer Verlag, 2015)
    The quantity and composition of the bacterial microbiota in the rearing water, sediment, gills and intestines of tilapia Oreochromis niloticus collected every 2 weeks from Day 30 to Day 120 after stocking for grow-out ...
  • Thumbnail

    Fingerling production of hatchery-reared milkfish (Chanos chanos) in earthen nursery ponds 

    Coniza, Eliseo B.; Marte, Clarissa L.; Coloso, Relicardo M.; Huervana, Fredson L. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)
    Fingerling production of milkfish in ponds maybe operated as a commercial enterprise or a component of milkfish farming that comprises nursery, transition and rearing or grow-out phases. The fishpond nursery is used to ...
    Series: Aquaculture extension manual No. 45

© SEAFDEC/AQD  2022
Contact Us | Send Feedback
 

 

Browse

All of SAIRCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

LoginRegister

Statistics

View Usage Statistics

© SEAFDEC/AQD  2022
Contact Us | Send Feedback
 

 

Export citations

Export the current results of the search query as a citation list. Select one of the available citation styles, or add a new one using the "Citations format" option present in the "My account" section.

The list of citations that can be exported is limited to items.

Export citations

Export the current item as a citation. Select one of the available citation styles, or add a new one using the "Citations format" option present in the "My account" section.

Export Citations

DOCUMENT REQUEST NOT AVAILABLE

This publication is still available (in PRINT) and for sale at AQD bookstore. The library is currently restricted to send PDF of publications that are still for sale.

You may contact bookstore@seafdec.org.ph or visit AQD bookstore for orders.

FILE UNDER EMBARGO

This file associated with this publication is currently under embargo. This will be available for download after the embargo date.