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PR-200610-RO1-09
Tel. No. (072) 888-2160/700-3035
October 2, 2006
RSCC Grants Clearance to DMMMSU’s Study on the
Economics of the Sericulture Industry
Sericulture, commonly known as “silkworm rearing” for
the production of raw silk, is one of the promising fiber crops industry that
has become competitive not only in the Ilocos Region but nationwide. To
determine its economic viability in the Ilocos Region, the Sericulture Research
and Development Institute (SRDI) under the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State
University (DMMMSU) in Bacnotan, La Union will conduct the study “Economics of the Sericulture Industry” in
collaboration with the Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA)/Philippine
Textile Research Institute (PTRI).
The study specifically aims to (1) determine the
economics of the mulberry, cocoon and post-harvest production of sericulture;
(2) determine the extent of support services for the mulberry, cocoon and
post-harvest production; and (3) develop a comprehensive sericulture industry
in the region. The major items to be generated in the study are income and
expenditures for sericulture production.
Specifically, production and income profile of respondents and the cost
of mulberry and cocoon production will be generated.
The study will cover all the 20 silkworm producers
from La Union, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte, which include 18 farmer-cooperators
of the SRDI and FIDA, one school and one cooperative. Two separate questionnaires will
be accomplished by the respondents. The farmer-cooperators of the SRDI
and FIDA will accomplish the
questionnaire on mulberry and cocoon production (Questionnaire #1) while the
school and cooperative will answer the
questionnaire on raw silk production (Questionnaire #2). Three full-time researchers and one research
assistant of SRDI in DMMMSU will conduct the interview from September to
November 2006. The final results of
the study will be released on February 2007. DMMMSU-SRDI has allocated P116,
600.00 for the conduct of the survey.
The Regional Statistical Coordination Committee
(RSCC) in Region I, thru the Technical Sub-Committee on Survey Design (TSSD),
in line with the Statistical Survey Review and Clearance System (SSRCS),
granted the survey RSCC Clearance No. 09-04-06-003, which will expire on
September 4, 2007. The SSRCS is a
mechanism instituted by the NSCB through Memorandum Circular No. 4-88 to: (1)
ensure sound design for data collection, (2) minimize the burden placed upon
respondents, (3) effect economy in statistical data collection, (4) achieve better
coordination of government statistical activities, and (5) inform the private
sector and the public in general that a government survey operation has passed
clearance and enjoin their cooperation in the conduct of the survey. The RSCC, the highest policy-making
body on statistical matters in the region, is implementing the SSRCS in the
region.
IRENEA B.
UBUNGEN
Head, NSCB Regional Division I