Conceptual Framework

Department of Agriculture

With the Devolution of the Without the Devolution of the

Agriculture Sector Agriculture Sector

Local Government Units Department of Agriculture

 Implement Agricultural  Implement Agricultural

Extension Services Extension Services
 Mayor is considered the
Chief Agricultural Officer

Farmers

 Income
 Agricultural Productivity
 Other Socio-economic
factors (Education, age,
civil status, gender, etc.)

Figure 1. Conceptual Framework of the Agricultural Devolution and its normative effects

to the socio-economic status of farmers and rural poverty.

The Department of Agriculture is the head and supervisor of all the agricultural activities

in the Philippines. With the devolution of the agricultural sector, implementing powers are now

transferred to Local Government Units. The mayor as the chief agricultural officer, who has more

idea with his/her constituents, can use the agricultural extension services more efficiently because

they are also closer to the farmers. On the other hand, without the devolution of the agricultural

sector, the Department of Agriculture would still manage the agricultural extension services in all
the activities of the farmers in the whole country. The difference between the devolution and the

status-quo would hopefully affect the socio-economic status of the farmers.

Sampling Procedure

Selection of the Study Area

Los Baños, Laguna, will be chosen for the study because it has diverse areas of crops. This

gives a better analysis of the socio-economic impacts of the devolution because there are different

types of farmers (according to what they produce). The agricultural office of Los Baños is also

active in propagating the sector which has a high potential even if it is faced with urban planning.

Selection of the Respondents

Thirty farmers will be chosen from the master list of farmers in Los Baños, Laguna. The

master list was provided by the Agricultural Office of the Municipality of Los Baños. Simple

Random Sampling will be used to choose the farmers to prevent a biased sample. Simple Random

Sampling is a method of obtaining a number of samples via probability.

Analytical Tools

Descriptive Analysis

Descriptive Statistics will be used to analyze the socio-economic status of the farmers, their

agricultural production, production cycle, and levels of input. Measure of Central Tendency such

as the mean, median, and mode will be extracted from the data collected. The formulas that will

be used will come from the formulas provided by the Nova Southeastern University, Florida

(2015).

Descriptive Statistics uses the measures of Central Tendency or measures of variability to

summarize coefficients that can generalize a data set (Investopedia, 2015).

The formula for mean: X 
X
N

Where:

X = Represents the income of Farmers

N = Number of Farmers

N
 fo
The formula for median = 1  2 i
fw

Where:

N = total number of farmers

Fw= frequency of income

i= size of the interval

 fo = the sum of the frequencies or number of scores up to the interval containing the median

The formula for mode = Getting the most frequently occurring variable in the data set.