Rice Farming Practices in

Davao del Sur

How do our Filipino farmers cultivate rice in Davao del Sur? What practices do they usually use?
Learn and study the different farming methods of the Filipino rice farmers.

Seeding Rate (2016 WS-2017 DS)

Kilograms Per Hectare

Crop Establishment (2017 DS)

Transplanting

Direct Seeding

Labor (2016-2017)

82

Person-Days/Ha

Seed Class Usage (2017 DS)
Fertilizer Rate (2017 DS)

Kilogram Per Hectare

Top 10 Rice Variety Planted (2017 DS)

in percent of farmers (%)

Herbicide

2,4-D IBE

Insectide

CHLORPYRIFOS+BPMC

Fungicide

DIFENOCONAZOLE+PROPICONAZOLE

Other Pesticide

NICLOSAMIDE ETHANOLAMINE SALT

Land preparation

No high/low spots after leveling
85%

Crop establishment

Synchronous planting
79%

Nutrient management

Basal fertilizer application
31%

Water management

Controlled irrigation
49%

Pest management

No spraying within the first 30DAT
or 40DAS for defoliatiors
23%

Harvest management

Thresh palay 0 to 1 day after
harvest
79%

Other practices/technologies

Not burning rice straw in the field
65%
Rank of Fertilizer-type by Usage (2017 DS)

in percent of farmers (%)

Rank of Machines by Usage (2017 DS)

in percent of farmers (%)