Rice Farming Practices in

Occidental Mindoro

How do our Filipino farmers cultivate rice in Occidental Mindoro? 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)

47

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

Insectide

CYPERMETHRIN

Fungicide

THIOPHANATE METHYL

Other Pesticide

NICLOSAMIDE ETHANOLAMINE SALT

Land preparation

No high/low spots after leveling
87%

Crop establishment

Synchronous planting
62%

Nutrient management

Basal fertilizer application
62%

Water management

Controlled irrigation
55%

Pest management

No spraying within the first 30DAT
or 40DAS for defoliatiors
24%

Harvest management

Combine harvester
98%

Other practices/technologies

Rice straw soil incorporation
66%
Rank of Fertilizer-type by Usage (2017 DS)

in percent of farmers (%)

Rank of Machines by Usage (2017 DS)

in percent of farmers (%)