Major Problems and Constraints

Ranking of least known information on pinakbet pro-

duction technologies, 2006-2007. in Vegetable Production

Climate/weather
Cost of Inputs
Price fluctuations

IMPLICATIONS

Ranking of least known information on chopsuey produc-

tion technologies, 2006-2007.

WP Castañeda, MG Begonia, JS Tolentino Jr, and SA Viloria

Department of Agriculture, RFU-I
Ilocos Integrated Agricultural Research Center (ILIARC)
DMMMSU Cmpd., Sapilang, Bacnotan, La Union
Tel Nos: (072) 719-0188 to 91
E-mail: iliarc@yahoo.com
RATIONALE R E S U L T S
 Farmers plant vegetables either as
major important cash crop or for
subsistence.
 Among crops, except for ornamen- From all the
tals, the income per unit area and f a r m e r -
time is highest in vegetables. r e s p o n d e nt s ,
 It is an important component of
70 percent uses
most cropping systems after rice
hybrid varie-
and corn.
ties as their
planting mate-
rials. It can be
METHODOLOGY noted, howev-
er, that re-
A total of 420 farmers were interviewed, 360 spondents in
farmers for pinakbet and 60 for chopsuey. Pangasinan
has a larger
percentage of
OPV users.

PINAKBET CHOPSUEY