Rice Farming Practices in
Negros Occidental
How do our Filipino farmers cultivate rice in Negros Occidental? 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
Top 10 Rice Variety Planted (2017 DS)
in percent of farmers (%)
Top Active Ingredients by Pesticide Type (2017 DS)
in percent of farmers (%)
Herbicide
CYPERMETHRIN
Insectide
COUMATETRALYL
Fungicide
ZINC PHOSPHIDE
Other Pesticide
2,4-D IBE
Top Rice Farming Technologies and Practices (2016 WS-2017 DS)
in percent of farmers (%)
Land preparation
No high/low spots after leveling
75%
Crop establishment
Synchronous planting
47%
Nutrient management
Organic fertilizer application
25%
Water management
Controlled irrigation
60%
Pest management
No spraying within the first 30DAT
or 40DAS for defoliatiors
11%
Harvest management
Thresh palay 0 to 1 day after
harvest
83%
Other practices/technologies
Not burning rice straw in the field
77%
Rank of Fertilizer-type by Usage (2017 DS)
in percent of farmers (%)
Rank of Machines by Usage (2017 DS)
in percent of farmers (%)
Data courtesy with the following sources
RiceLytics was developed through the funding support of DOST-PCIEERD from 2021 to 2022.
