Awareness of corn farmers on good agricultural practices (GAP): input for training development

Abstract

This study covered 428 randomly chosen respondents from 14 municipalities in the province of Capiz. This descriptive-correlational study was conducted to assess the level of awareness among farmers on the good agricultural practices for corn production as an input to the development of a suitable training program for implementation. The farmers in the province of Capiz are moderately aware of the good agricultural practices for corn. Their level of awareness on GAP-corn is related to their age, civil status and educational attainment. It is also related to location, history, topography, average production area and type of seeds. Increasing the corn farmers’ level of awareness on the good agricultural practices for corn would lead to increase in adoption and eventually increase in the number of GAP certified farms in the province of Capiz. The training design on Good Agricultural Practices for corn was developed as an output of the study.