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Abstract –
Introduction –
Peanut-related studies –
Objectives –
Data sources and analytical procedures –
Results and implications –
General characteristics of peanut farmers –
Characteristics of peanut farms –
Peanut production –
Cropping pattern –
basic cultural practices –
Labor utilization –
Farm organization –
Credit and financing –
Extension services –
Production and disposal –
Marketing of peanuts –
Technical efficiency analysis –
Cost-and-Return analysis –
Farm receipts –
Farm costs –
Farm income –
Constraints in peanut production –
Production estimates –
Allocative efficiency –
Yield constraint according to the farmers –
Summary and conclusions –
Recommendations.

"The Philippines has been growing peanut since the Spanish era. It is one of the major field legumes cultivated by farmers in upland areas. Production, however, remains low and erratic. While yields of about 2 t/ha are feasible, still the farmers harvested an average of only 0.9 t/ha. Many factors were attributed to this situation.
This publication reports the results of the evaluation and assessment of the effects of technical and socioeconomic factors in peanut production conducted by Prof. Romeo R. Huelgas, Dr. Paciencia Manuel, and Ms. Elizabeth S. Gabriel of the Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Economics and Management, University of the Philippines at Los Baños. It identified technical factors critical to production, such as variety and management practices employed. Socioeconomic variables like operating capital and labor were also found important. The study as well as the printing of this publication have been supported by the Peanut Collaborative Research Support Program and PCARRD.
Hopefully, this publication can create awareness of the constraints in peanut growing as well as motivate farmers, researchers, technicians and policy makers to provide corresponding solutions and promote the development of the peanut industry."