Assessment Of The Conditions Of The Farming Households In North Cotabato

This study was conducted to assess the conditions of the farming households in North Cotabato as basis to reform the development of agri-preneurs in line with the country’s thrust of transforming farmers as entrepreneurs. The research used the quantitative method approach to analyzed the conditions of the farming households in North Cotabato in relation to the crops they produce. Stratified random sampling was employed in the collection of data from four hundred (400) farming households using a self-constructed questionnaire validated by the panel. Data generated were analyzed descriptively and by inferential statistics using analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The research revealed that the primary commodity produced is rice, followed by rubber and coconut. Among the perceived conditions of the farming households, the study revealed that farmers agree on the conditions in terms of infrastructure facility, market information, managerial skills, and entrepreneurial skills. On the other hand, the farmers neither agree nor disagree on their conditions on market opportunity, access to credit facility, enabling environment, and government policies on entrepreneurial development. The result also found that significant differences arises when the conditions in terms of access to credit and the enabling environment were grouped based on the primary crop produced. Finally, the study also found that there was a significant difference as to access to credit facility, market intelligence, and entrepreneurial competencies when grouped based on the secondary crops produced.