Rice Farming Practices in

Sultan Kudarat

How do our Filipino farmers cultivate rice in Sultan Kudarat? 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)

29

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+PROPANIL

Insectide

CYPERMETHRIN

Fungicide

DIFENOCONAZOLE

Other Pesticide

ZINC PHOSPHIDE

Land preparation

Use of floating tiller
88%

Crop establishment

Synchronous planting
76%

Nutrient management

Basal fertilizer application
33%

Water management

Controlled irrigation
31%

Pest management

Metarhizium sp
7%

Harvest management

Combine harvester
70%

Other practices/technologies

Not burning rice straw in the field
79%
Rank of Fertilizer-type by Usage (2017 DS)

in percent of farmers (%)

Rank of Machines by Usage (2017 DS)

in percent of farmers (%)