An Assessment of the Carabao Upgrading Program (CUP) in Pilot Areas of Samar: Inputs to Program Enhancement
Keywords:
Assessment, Carabao Upgrading Program, Inputs to Program EnhancementAbstract
This study was conducted to assess the Carabao Upgrading Program (CUP) in pilot areas of Samar in order to generate valuable inputs to Program Enhancement. The study utilized the descriptive- evaluative research method using the survey questionnaire as the main instrument in gathering the needed data. Pertaining to the comparison of the perception of the respondents on the problems encountered relative to the implementation of the CUP, the two groups of respondents more or less gave the same adjectival rating, which is moderately felt. However, they differ in that the mean obtained from Program beneficiaries is 3.01 from the Program implementers, the mean obtained is 3.46. To ascertain whether the numerical differences were significant, the t-test was employed. The computed t-value of 3.162 proved to be greater than the tabular t-value of 2.201 at degrees of freedom =11 with level of significance set at 0.05 which led to the rejection of the null hypothesis “there is no significant difference on the extent to which the two groups of respondents feel the problems relative to the implementation of CUP”. The two groups of respondents are in agreement in terms of the extent of implementation of the CUP along its four Program components on estrus synchronization (ES), artificial insemination (AI), pregnancy diagnosis (PD) and defluking, thus the null hypothesis to that effect was accepted. The Program beneficiaries and implementers manifested disparity in their perception on the extent of effectiveness of the CUP in addressing the Program concerns on poverty alleviation, nutritional improvement and people empowerment thus, the corresponding null hypothesis tot that effect was rejected but they manifested essentially similar perception on the extent of effectiveness of the implementation of the CUP on income equity and distribution, which led to the acceptance of the null hypothesis to that effect.
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