Republic of the Philippines

ISABELA STATE UNIVERSITY

Echague, Isabela

DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE LIVESTOCK–BASED RURAL ENTERPRISES IN CAGAYAN VALLEY: A CHED-ISU-LGU-

INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP IN TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
(A CHED Funded Project)

Survey Questionnaire

I. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
Name of the Farmer: ________________________________ Age: _______ Gender: • Male • Female
Permanent Address: ________________________________ Contact No: ________________________________
No. of Household Members: ___________________________ Email Address: _____________________________
Religion: __________________________________________ Marital Status: • Single • Married
Ethnicity: __________________________________________ • Separated • Widow/Widower
Total Farm Area: • Owned: __ha. • Tenanted: __ha.
Highest educational attainment:
Elementary Level College Level
Elementary Graduate College Graduate__________________(pls. specify the degree)
High School Level Vocational
High School Graduate

Major Source of Income: • Farming /On-farm • Off-farm

• Crops; Major crops ________________ • Construction
• Livestock & Poultry ________________ • Transport services
• Others, pls. specify_________________ • Others, pls. specify ____________

Other Sources of Income (Please specify):____________________________________________________________

Level of monthly income: Less than 5,000 5,000 – 10,000 10,000 – 20,000 Above 20,000

II. MEMBERSHIP IN FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE OR ASSOCIATION

• Farmers Cooperative: Name of Cooperative: ____________________________________________________
Officer: • Yes • No If yes, what is your position?: ___________________
Number of years as founder/officer: _________________________________________
• Farmers Association: Name of Association: ______________________________________________________
Officer: • Yes • No If yes, what is your position?: ___________________
Number of years as founder/officer: ________________________________________

III. LIST OF SEMINARS/TRAININGS IN LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY ATTENDED

Technologies Learned Level of Understanding

Low High
Production and Management
Breeding Management
Feeds and Feeding Management
Health Management
Housing Management

IV. ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING ANIMAL FARMING SYSTEM

1. What is your major cropping system?

Kinds of Crops Land Area Planted Type of Land Ownership

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2. What kind/breed of animals are you raising and how many?
Number of animals raised Land Area (ha or sq.m)
Communal Farm
Kinds of animal Privately
Native Upgraded Grazing Boundaries/
Owned Pasture
Vacant Lots
Chicken
Ducks
Goat
Sheep
Pig
Cattle
Carabao
Others (Pls.
specify)

3. In terms of breeds and management under present condition (hot temperature), which do you prefer?
Breed Management System
Kinds of
Semi-
animals raised Native Upgraded Why? Intensive Extensive Why?
Intensive
Chicken
Duck
Goat
Sheep
Pig
Cattle
Carabao
Others (Pls
specify)

4. Given the chance, which native animal/s do you prefer to raise? Why?
Kinds of animals Preference
raised
Less preferred Moderately Strongly preferred Why?
preferred
Chicken
Goat
Pig
Cattle
Carabao
Others (Pls. specify)

V. ASSESSMENT OF ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASES

1. What diseases or parasite infestation do you observe in your animals during rainy/ wet season? (May-Oct)

Signs and/or Symptoms

Kinds of animals Diseases Parasite Infestation
raised

Chicken/Ducks • NCD (Peste) Please specify:

• Fowl Pox
• Avian Malaria
• Others: __________________

Goat/Sheep • Hemosep Please specify:

• Foot Rot
• Bloat

Pig • ASF Please specify:

• Swine Erysephelas (Gud Gud)

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 • Hog Cholera

Cattle/Carabao • Hemosep Please specify:

• Foot Rot
• Ephemeral Fever

Others (pls. specify)

2. What disease or parasite infestation do you observe in your animals during summer/dry season? (Nov-April)

Signs and/or Symptoms

Kinds of animals Diseases Parasite Infestation
raised

Chicken/Ducks • NCD (Peste) Please specify:

• Fowl Pox
• Avian Malaria
• Others: __________________

Goat/Sheep • Hemosep Please specify:

• Foot Rot
• Bloat

Pig • ASF Please specify:

• Swine Erysephelas (Gud Gud)
• Hog Cholera

Cattle/Carabao • Hemosep Please specify:

• Foot Rot
• Ephemeral Fever

Others (pls. specify)

3. What practices did you do when your animals were suffering from a disease? (Please check)

Use of
Kinds of Consult a Consult Confine Self-
herbal Others
animals raised Veterinarian neighbor animals medication
medicines
Chicken/Duck
Goat/Sheep
Pig
Cattle/Carabao
Others (pls.
specify)

4. What practices did you do when your animals were suffering from a parasite infestation?

Use of
Kinds of Consult a Consult Confine Self-
herbal Others
animals raised Veterinarian neighbor animals medication
medicines
Chicken/Duck
Goat/Sheep
Pig
Cattle/Carabao
Others (pls.
specify)

5. If you use herbal medicine to your sick animals, how do you administer it?

Kinds of Herbal Preparation

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 animals raised plant used
Bathing Poultice Decoction Infusion Tinctures Concoction Others
Chicken/Duck
Goat/Sheep
Pig
Cattle/Carabao
Others (pls.
specify ______

VI. ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING INDIGENOUS ANIMAL FEED RESOURCES

1. What are the grasses/legume/fodder/grains preferably relished/ grazed by the native

livestock/poultry? (pls. check)

Grasses, Legumes, Kinds of animals raised

Fodder Chicken/Duck Goat/Sheep Pig Cattle Carabao Others
A. Grass
1. Carabao Grass
2. Rice Flatsedge
(Siraw Siraw)
3.Kangaroo Grass
(Bagokbok, Bakbaka)
4. Napier grass
5. Signal grass
6. Para grass
7. Others (pls. specify)
B. Legumes
1. Kudzu (Bala -
Balatong)
2. Blue Pea
(Samsamping)
3. Ipil-Ipil
4. Acacia
5. Madre de Cacao
(Kakawate)
6. Others
(pls.specify)__________
C. Fodder Crops
1. Trichantera
2. Gmelina
D. Grains
1. Corn Grits
2. Rice Grain
E. Others

2. What crop by-products/ /residues do you usually feed to your animal/s?

Crop By-products Kinds of animals raised

Chicken Goat Pig Cattle Carabao others
Rice Straw
Rice Bran
Corn bran
Corn Stover
Corn Cobs
Corn Tassel
Banana stalk/leaves
Sweet potato
leaves/stalks
Peanut haulm
Mungbean hay
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 Pineapple wastes
Gabi leaves/stalks
Others (pls.
specify)__________

3. How do you feed these grasses/legumes to your animals?

Feeding System
Kinds of animals
Pasture/Free
raised Cut-and-carry Tethering Silage Feeding Others
Grazing
Chicken
Goat
Pig
Cattle
Carabao
Others (pls.
specify)___________

4. If you feed your animals with concentrate, how do you feed them?

Feeding System
Kinds of Concentrate
Ad libitum Force feeding Others
Rice Bran
Corn Bran
Commercial Feeds
Others (pls.
specify)_______________

VII. ASSESSMENT OF MANURE MANAGEMENT

A. Manure Production

1. What are the kinds of manure produced by your animal and how many?

Estimated/Amount of Animal
Animal Population
Kinds of animal manure Manure waste (kg/day)

Chicken Dung
Goat Manure
Pig Manure
Cattle Manure
Carabao Manure
Others (pls. specify)

B. Animal wastes utilization/management

1. How do you utilize the animal manure/wastes?

Animal For sale For Fuel for Burning Directly Stored in No

wastes (bags/mo.) composting cooking (bags/ applied in containers/sacks management
(bags/mo.) (bags/mo.) mo.) crops/pasture (bags/mo.)
(bags/mo.)
Chicken
Dung
Goat
Manure
Pig
Manure
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 Cattle
Manure
Carabao
Manure
Others__
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VIII. CATTLE PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

1. Number of Cattle Raised: _____ Breeder Cows ____ Breeder Bulls ____ Calves: • Male ____ • Female_____
2. Mode of Acquisition: • Dispersal • Purchased • Others, pls. specify __________________
3. Initial Capital in Dairy Cattle Farming: • Purchased of stock: Amount: _________
• Construction of housing: Amount: _________
• Cost of veterinary supplies: Amount: _________
4. Breed Type: • Native • Upgraded • Purebred
If Purebred, What Breed: • Brahman • Holstein • Others, pls. specify_________________________
5. Number of years engage in cattle farming: ___________________________________________________
6. Number of cattle for fattening: ____________________________________________________________________
7. Number of cattle for breeding: ___________________________________________________________________
8. Number of cattle for dairying: ____________________________________________________________________
9. Number of calves produced in every year: ____________________________________________________________
10. Breeding system: • Natural Breeding • Artificial Insemination
If you choose Natural Breeding, Why? _______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________

Do you like your animals to be upgraded?

• Yes, Why? __________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
• No, Why? __________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________

IX. CARE, MAINTENANCE AND PRACTICES FOR PREGNANT DAIRY COWS

• Pregnancy diagnosis
• Vitamin Mineral Supplementation

• Concentrate Supplementation

• Legumes Supplementation

• Vaccination

• Deworming

• Others, pls. specify ______________

X. LEVEL OF MILK PRODUCTION

1. How many liters of milk produced per month? ___________________________

2. Are you processing the milk? • Yes • No
If Yes, What are the milk products developed and how much it is being sold?
Type of Milk Product Price per item Type of Milk Product Price per item

XI. COST & INCOME OF DAIRY CATTLE PRODUCTION

1. Did you buy your initial stocks?
• Yes If yes, how much?________________________________

• • No

2. What are your expenditures every month in raising cattle?

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• Concentrate feeds: Amount:________________________ How much? ₱ ______________________

• Veterinary supplies: Amount: ________________________ How much? ₱ ______________________

• Others (Pls. Specify): ___________________________ How much? ₱ ______________________