Developmental Local Policy for Aquaculture Farming in San Juan, Batangas: Basis for Sustainable Livelihood Program

Alexander J. Coracheaa, Tricia Mendozab, Harlene Bacarroc and John Cedrick Sayatd
Additional contact information
Alexander J. Coracheaa: Padre Garcia Polytechnic College (PGPC), Padre Garcia, Batangas, Philippines
Tricia Mendozab: Batangas State University-San Juan Campus, Talahiban, San Juan, Batangas, Philippines
Harlene Bacarroc: Batangas State University-San Juan Campus, Talahiban, San Juan, Batangas, Philippines
John Cedrick Sayatd: Batangas State University-San Juan Campus, Talahiban, San Juan, Batangas, Philippines

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025, vol. 9, issue 5, 1682-1690

Abstract: The Municipality of San Juan, Batangas, has remarkable development in the tourism and aquaculture industries due to exquisite coastal resources. Aquaculture farming provides a significant source of income, livelihood, support for tourism, and food security. However, despite its development, the aquaculture industry threatens its sustainability due to environmental degradation, rapid population growth, and financial constraints of aquaculture farmers for sustainable livelihoods. Through descriptive research and purposive sampling of 125 respondents (aquaculture farmers), the statistical analysis used frequency and percentage in the demographics, the weighted mean for the variables of sustainable aquaculture livelihood, the chi-square test for determining the demographics and the variables of the sustainable aquaculture system, and the Spearman’s rank order correlation for the challenges encountered by farmers and the sustainable aquaculture system. The survey shows that the majority of respondents are in the age range of 42 to 49, married, and have a monthly income of Php 10,000 or less. The production technology has a significant relationship with the monthly income of the respondents, while the status of aquaculture farming in terms of social and economic aspects has a significant relationship with the sex of the respondents. Primary challenges faced by respondents in aquaculture are the detrimental effects of climate change, followed by competition from other farms, while issues related to obtaining loans and regulatory compliance are less pressing concerns. Hence, a local ordinance is proposed for the Municipality of San Juan, Batangas, for the sustainable livelihood of aquaculture farmers on the basis of the outcome of research.

Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/ ... ssue-5/1682-1690.pdf (application/pdf)
https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/arti ... -livelihood-program/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bcp:journl:v:9:y:2025:issue-5:p:1682-1690

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science is currently edited by Dr. Nidhi Malhan

More articles in International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science from International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS)
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Dr. Pawan Verma ().