FARMING PRACTICES OF RICE FARMERS IN THE TOP FIVE RICE PRODUCING
BARANGAYS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF POTOTAN, ILOILO
A SPECIAL PAPER 
Presented to
The Faculty of College of Agriculture, Resources and Environmental Sciences
Central Philippine University 
Iloilo City
In Partial Fulfillment 
of the Requirements for the Degree 
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
By
MARIA CANDIA P. DAYOT 
April 2019
FARMING PRACTICES OF THE RICE FARMERS IN THE TOP FIVE RICE PRODUCING
BARANGAYS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF POTOTAN, ILOILO
Maria Candia P. Dayot 
ABSTRACT
This study was conducted to determine the different practices of rice farmers in the top five 
rice producing barangays in the Municipality of Pototan, Iloilo. This study employed a 
one-shot survey design in gathering data from 221 rice farmers of the top five rice producing 
barangays of Pototan as respondents using a structured interview schedule. All data were 
processed and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). 
Frequency and percentage distribution were used as basis for data analysis and 
interpretation. The rice farmers respondents were generally 51 to 60 years old, male, 
married, Roman Catholics, graduated in elementary, does not have any other source of 
income, and had been growing rice for an average of 27-36 years. The respondents had an 
average of one hectare and below owned plain land, with two cropping per year and an 
average production of more than a hundred sacks of rice per hectare, and get their water 
resource from the irrigation (NIA). In the preparation of land, they generally use hand tractor 
for plowing, hand tractor/tractor with harrows for harrowing and hand tractor/tractor with 
leveling boards for leveling. They had two cropping per year and used Rc 222 both in first 
and second cropping by direct seeding. They generally used inorganic chemical inputs to 
clean their field, control pests and diseases, and fertilize their rice. The respondents 
generally used a harvester to harvest and thresh rice, used its wastes as compost by 
making the harvester scatter the straw in the field, and sold the rice directly to the buyers 
before drying them. Furthermore, the rice farmer respondents generally were not aware of
the possible negative effects of their different practices in rice farming and the possible 
effects that could occur in the environment.
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