Rice Farming Practices in

Antique

How do our Filipino farmers cultivate rice in Antique? 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)

62

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

BISPYRIBAC SODIUM

Insectide

METHOMYL

Fungicide

COPPER HYDROXIDE

Other Pesticide

NICLOSAMIDE ETHANOLAMINE SALT

Land preparation

No high/low spots after leveling
71%

Crop establishment

Synchronous planting
67%

Nutrient management

Basal fertilizer application
18%

Water management

Controlled irrigation
36%

Pest management

Agroecosystem analysis
4%

Harvest management

Thresh palay 0 to 1 day after
harvest
80%

Other practices/technologies

Not burning rice straw in the field
88%
Rank of Fertilizer-type by Usage (2017 DS)

in percent of farmers (%)

Rank of Machines by Usage (2017 DS)

in percent of farmers (%)