scholarly journals THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE HELP FOR CATUBIG AGRICULTURAL ADVANCEMENT PROJECT (HCAAP)

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 111-127
Author(s):  
Eduardo L. Ocaña Jr
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Land Owners ◽  
Service Areas ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Socio Economic Impact ◽  
The Third World ◽  
Level Of Living

Development must not only focus on economic growth expressed in rosy figures of GDP and GNP. The economic gains of the rich as expected by economists, must “trickle down” down to the grass roots. It is along this reality that prompted the national government and development planners to look for strategy in which the marginalized which constitute the biggest number of the population in the Third World countries become recipients of development initiatives. Northern Samar, one of the poorest provinces in the Philippines, has been a recipient of the Help for Catubig Agricultural Advancement Project (HCAPP), a project of 5.2 billion yen or 3.4 billion in pesos allocating 2.4 billion pesos alone to irrigate 4, 550 hectares of agricultural lands to spur agricultural development in the Catubig Valley area of Northern Samar. This research aimed to determine the level of socio-economic impact of the HCAAP and related problems. The areas covered by the HCAAP were the Municipalities of Catubig and Las Navas both located in the Catubig Valley. A descriptive-evaluative study, utilized quantitative techniques like survey employing interview schedule for data collection and analyses. The respondents were beneficiaries from           Municipality of Catubig, and Las Navas. Purposive and stratified sampling was used in selecting barangays and respondent-beneficiaries respectively. It was found out that the income of the beneficiaries is still low since they have availed or accessed to HCAAP services and facilities and do not suffice to meet the economic needs of most of the respondent-beneficiaries, nor send their children to tertiary education so they have to resort to other occupation. The respondents’ level of living also has not improved. Main problem encountered by the respondents were the non-completion of other two dams, main canals, and lateral canals. It was concluded that irrigation component is much beneficial to land owners than farmers, farm-to-market roads only converted lands from agricultural to commercial and residential, and other project’s sub-components have to be totally completed to serve the beneficiaries of the services and facilities it will offer. Hence, it is recommended that the implementing agencies should push for the completion of the project to benefit the larger remaining service areas.

scholarly journals Keragaan dan Perspektif Sosial Ekonomi Pengembangan Teknologi Transgenik

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Amiruddin Syam ◽  
I Wayan Rusastra ◽  
Tahlim Sudaryanto
Keyword(s):  
Economic Impact ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Import Substitution ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Agricultural Product ◽  
Foreign Exchange Earning ◽  
High Dependency ◽  
Socio Economic Impact ◽  
Technology Dependency

<p><strong>English<br /></strong>The objectives of this paper are: (1) To analysis the performance of transgenic farming system; (2) To assess the socio-economic impact of transgenic farm development, and (3) To describe current status and perspective of transgenic farm development. The review of emperical study indicated that: (1) Transgenic agricultural farming technically is feasible, but economically and environmentally still debatable. For developing countries, the socio-economic impact of transgenic farming development is the widening of technology dependency as well as income distribution, because of the limitation of technology adoption for the small-farmers; (2) For Indonesia, the consquences of foreign exchange earning reduction due to unwillingness of major importer of Indonesian agricultural product such as Japan and Europe Economic Countries (MEE), should be taken into account. In addition, the high dependency of transgenik agricultural technology is consider to be too visky for big country like Indonesia, for massive development in term of commodity coverage and area of development; (3) Transgenic agricultural development can be restricted just for import substitution agricultural commodities, with the prerequisite of having technically, socio-economically, as well as environmentally feasibility. The said development should be conducted on the respective area with the intention to fulfil domestic demand deficit. Strategic Biotechnology research for generation, assessment, and transgenic agricultural development should be inisiated to anticipate transgenic agricultural development in the future.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Indonesian<br /></strong>Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk (1) Menganalisis keragaan usahatani tanaman transgenik, (2) Menganalisis dampak sosial ekonomi pengembangan tanaman transgenik, dan (3) Menganalisis permasalahan dalam pengembangan tanaman transgenik. Berdasarkan pembahasan, kajian ini menyimpulkan bahwa, (1) Usaha pertanian transgenik secara teknis layak di kembangkan, namun belum terdapat bukti secara meyakinkan dapat memberikan keuntungan ekonomi secara berkelanjutan dan masih diperdebatkan dampaknya terhadap keamanan lingkungan. Bagi negara sedang berkembang dampak sosial ekonomi pengembangan produk transgenik adalah peningkatan kesenjangan penguasaan dan ketergantungan teknologi, melebarnya displaritas pendapatan karena ketebatasan adopsi teknologi oleh petani lapisan bawah (2) Bagi Indonesia konskwensi keruguian eknomi (devisa) sebagai akibat penolakan produk pertanian transgenik oleh negara importif utama seperti Jepang dan Masyarakat Ekonomi Eropa perlu di pertimbangkan secara seksama dalam pengembangan/pertanian transgenik. Disamping itu ketergantungan teknologi biologis (bibit) pertanian transgenik dinilai sangat beresiko bagi negara besar seperti Indonesia, bila pengembangannya dilakukan dalam cakupan komditas yang dan bersekala besar, dan (3) Pengembangan pertanian transgenik dapat dilakukan secara terbatas, khususnya untuk komoditas pertanian subtitusi impor, dengan persyaratan terpenuhinya kelayakan teknis, sosial ekonomi, dan lingkungan pengembangan perlu di lakukan pada wilayah terbatas(terkontrol) dengan sasaran memenuhi defisit kebutuhan domestik. penelitian pemuliaan dengan sasaran penciptaan, pengkajian, dan pengembangan komoditas transgenik yang bersifat strategis perlu dirintis sejak awal untuk mengantisipasi pengembangan pertanian transgenik dimasa depan.</p>

Amiya Kumar Bagchi. The Political Economy of Underdevelopment. London: Cambridge University Press. 1982. Reprint 1983. pp.viii+276. List of books for further reading; Index. Price: £ 8.50 (paperback edition).

1985 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
Zia Ul Haq
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Third World ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Growth Strategies ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Working Classes ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Third World

Amiya Kumar Bagchi, an eminent economist of the modern Cambridge tradition, has produced a timely treatise, in a condensed form, on the development problems of the Third World countries. The author's general thesis is that economic development in the developing societies necessarily requires a radical transformation in the economic, social and political structures. As economic development is actually a social process, economic growth should not be narrowly defined as the growth of the stock of rich capitalists. Neither can their savings be equated to capital formation whose impact on income will presumably 'trickle down' to the working classes. Economic growth strategies must not aim at creating rich elites, because, according to the author, "maximizing the surplus in the hands of the rich in the Third World is not, however, necessarily a way of maximizing the rate of growth".

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