Rice Farming Practices in

Laguna

How do our Filipino farmers cultivate rice in Laguna? 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)

83

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

BUTACHLOR+2,4-D IBE

Insectide

CYPERMETHRIN

Fungicide

COUMATETRALYL

Other Pesticide

NICLOSAMIDE

Land preparation

No high/low spots after leveling
86%

Crop establishment

Replanting within 7 DAT
72%

Nutrient management

Organic fertilizer application
40%

Water management

Controlled irrigation
51%

Pest management

No spraying within the first 30DAT
or 40DAS for defoliatiors
11%

Harvest management

Thresh palay 0 to 1 day after
harvest
86%

Other practices/technologies

Rice straw soil incorporation
68%
Rank of Fertilizer-type by Usage (2017 DS)

in percent of farmers (%)

Rank of Machines by Usage (2017 DS)

in percent of farmers (%)