PhilRice Los Baños in collaboration with the municipal agricultural office of Lemery and DA-Lipa City, validates a Playamanan site in Noong Casto, Lemery Batangas.
PhilRice Los Baños, in collaboration with the municipal agriculture office of Lemery and the DA-Lipa City, is establishing a Palayamanan site in Noong Casto, Lemery, Batangas.
Farmers in the area had been inappropriately planting NSIC Rc 216, a variety for irrigated lowlands, despite the high sulfur or salinity levels in their soils. The farmers rely on rainwater for irrigation, which has dragged down their yields to less than 3t/ha.
To address the peculiarity, the station has sent 50kg of seeds for rainfed and saline conditions to the Lemery LGU. The varieties sent include Sahod Ulan 18, 13, and Salinas 13 and 17.
Preliminary assessments indicate that farmers are more interested in integrating livestock into their rice farming systems rather than other crops. To further build relations and partnerships, a Palayamanan project presentation was conducted for farmers on July 19.
