Velasco, Sarah Lou Donado. <br/><br/>
Economic Analysis Of Meat Traders In Marilao, Bulacan  [manuscript] / 
Sarah Lou Donado Velasco. 
 - Magalang, Pampanga :  Pampanga State Agricultural University,  July 2022. 
 - xi, 79 leaves ;  28 cm. + 1 computer disc (4 3/4 in.) 
<br/><br/>This study was conducted to analyze the trading operation and profitability of meat traders in the municipality of Marilao, Bulacan covering 16 barangays. A total of 10 respondents were identified in the study covering 10 barangays including Abangan Sur, Abangan Norte, Nagbalon, [bayo, Lias, Prenza II, Patubig, Loma de Gato, Sta. Rosa I, Sta. Rosa II and Tabing Ilog. The objectives were to describe the socio-economic profile of the meat traders; determine the total volume of production and sales in the public market and meat shops; assess the trading operation of the respondents; analyze the profitability of meat traders using cost & return analysis; and identify the problems encountered by the respondents. The researcher used total enumeration procedure. In a cost and return analysis of a meat trader's daily and monthly operations, the average total cost of production from the operating cost were 52,326.80 and P1,569,804.00. The average Return on Investment (ROD) is 12.47 percent, while the average net income is P5,523.43 and the monthly operating costs are P165,703.50, indicating that the investment has a higher return than its cost. In terms of the cost of sales on daily basis, it indicates the operating cost, which is the average cost of stocks, labor cost, transportation costs, slaughter fee, rental fee, storage expense, and utility expense. The amount of P44,000.00 is the average cost of stocks per day which is the price of an animal per stall. The respondents' daily average cost of labor was 1,270.00, P440.00 for the transportation costs, 310.90 for slaughter expense, 1,002.70 for rental fee, 101.20 for storage expense, and lastly, ®3,002.00 for the average utility expense. The majority of the respondents' problem encountered was the unstable prices of meat and the disease outbreak, which are ASF and COVID-19. Both had a frequency of 10 and a rank of 1. It was followed by the problems about the competitors and government intervention, and both had a frequency of 4 or ranked 2. Lastly, respondents also encountered a problem with the quality of meat and lack of storage facilities with a frequency of 1 and a rank of 3.