A survey was conducted at Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro on October 2013.

This effort was

undertaken to get a hint of the status of some old methods of farming. Although there were
hundreds of agrarians in the area, we have put into consideration a cluster of farmers only.
Farm Size

FARMING SYSTEM

A total of seventeen (17) hectares of

plantations were represented by the
farmers that we polled.
The highest farm size was 8 hectares,
while the lowest was 0.5 hectares.

FARM SIZE
ORGANIC (60%)
CONVENTIONAL(40%)
SELF-SUSTAINING(0%)

8 hectar

1 hectar

3.5 hectar

0.5 hectar

4 hectar

Full Time on Farm

60% of the farmers do not work fulltime on the farm.

40% of the farmers work full-time on
the farm.

Income Satisfaction

Farming System

Organic Systems were most common,

four (4) of the farmers classified
themselves as such.
No one took self-sustaining farm
system.

80% felt gratified with the income they

are receiving for their product.
20% were not satisfied with the income
they are receiving for their product.

FULL TIME ON FARM

FULL TIME ON FARM(40%)

NOT FULL TIME ON FARM(60%)

INCOME SATISFACTION

SATISFIED(80%)
NOT SATISFIED(20%)