Rice Farming Practices in

Zamboanga del Norte

How do our Filipino farmers cultivate rice in Zamboanga del Norte? 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)

72

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

2,4-D IBE

Insectide

CHLORPYRIFOS+BPMC

Fungicide

THIOPHANATE METHYL

Other Pesticide

ZINC PHOSPHIDE

Land preparation

No high/low spots after leveling
80%

Crop establishment

Synchronous planting
83%

Nutrient management

Basal fertilizer application
33%

Water management

Controlled irrigation
34%

Pest management

Agroecosystem analysis
42%

Harvest management

Thresh palay 0 to 1 day after
harvest
86%

Other practices/technologies

Not burning rice straw in the field
82%
Rank of Fertilizer-type by Usage (2017 DS)

in percent of farmers (%)

Rank of Machines by Usage (2017 DS)

in percent of farmers (%)