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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY<br/>AGNGARAY, IRISH MAE A. and RASCO, JENMA G. 2019. Broiler<br/>Production in Brgy. Palongpong, City of Batac, Ilocos Norte. Practicum Terminal<br/>Report. College of Agriculture, Food and Sustainable Development. Mariano Marcos<br/>State University. City of Batac, 2906 Ilocos Norte. 35pp.<br/>Adviser: Mrs. Ethel Reynda M. Calivoso<br/><br/> The project was established to provide an actual experience to the student-<br/>entrepreneurs with enterprise management particularly in broiler production.<br/>Specifically, it aimed to: 1) provide a working knowledge and understanding on the<br/>operation of a small enterprise both in the technical and marketing aspects; 2) have<br/>adequate training and practice in record keeping and preparation of cost and return<br/>analysis; 3) provide income to the proponents, and 4) develop skills and values through<br/>the different activities to be undertaken by the student-entrepreneurs.<br/>The practicum project on broiler production was conducted at Brgy.<br/>Palongpong, City of Batac, Ilocos Norte on February 7 to March 28, 2019. The project<br/>raised 100 heads loading capacity in one complete production cycle for 50 days.<br/>The project covered the production and marketing of 84 broilers chickens<br/>weighing 1.3 kg to 2.0 kg in live and dressed forms. The total budgetary requirement<br/>of the project was Php 11, 849.25, which included the cost of chicks, feeds, vitamins,<br/>housing related cost, electricity, wage of laborer and transportation cost. The gross income of the student entrepreneurs came from the sales of live and dressed chickens<br/>with a total of Php 16,755.00 and a net income of Php 4,905.75.<br/> A return on investment of 41.40% was recorded on the project. Thus, for every<br/>Phpl invested there is a return of Php 0.41. The break-even yield (BEY) of the project<br/>was 91.15 kg while the break-even price (BEP) is Php 94.10.<br/>The problems encountered in the project are cold weather and infectious<br/>choriza. Due to cold weather condition, the student-entrepreneurs provided additional<br/>source of heat to the chicks and additional old sacks as cover to prevent strong winds<br/>from entering the cage. Moreover, the small chicks were separated from the large<br/>chickens to prevent injury or leg paralysis.<br/>After the project, the student entrepreneurs were able to develop values like<br/>preciseness, patience, honesty, being organized, persuasion and decision making. In<br/>addition, the skills developed by the student-entrepreneurs were appropriate cleaning,<br/>feeding, recording and marketing of chickens.<br/> |
