Updating the Status of Rice Mechanization in the Philippines

KII Schedule

Province: ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY_______ Municipality: _NAGA_______________________________________

MA/MAO: __MYRNA D. BONSOBRE_____________________ Contact No.: 09353486920_________________

Enumerator: _DEXTER B. GEMAL_______________________ Contact No.: _09355865294________________

1. Rice area cultivated/harvested: ____92.0_______

2. Percent irrigated area: _NONE______________
3. General topography: _90% hilly and 10% lowland______
4. Cropping System: ( ) rice-rice ( ) rice-rice-rice (/) rice-corn ( ) rice-other crops: __________
5. Cropping calendar (specify months):

Planting Harvesting
First cropping May - June September - October
Second cropping October - November February - March
Third cropping None None

6. Rice farm operations: per 1 hectare

Duration Percent Area

Operations (No. of days) Mechanized
Land preparation
Primary tillage/Plowing 3 70%
Harrowing and levelling 3 Manual
Crop establishment/Planting 3 Manual
Harvesting 3 Manual
Threshing 1 100%
Drying 3 Manual

7. Number of rice farmers in the municipality: _58______

8. Number of laborers involved in rice farming: _20______
9. Number of carabaos in the municipality: _209_____
10. Number of carabaos utilized in rice farming: __15____

JOY S. QUIBUYEN
CONTACT NUMBER: 0912-302-9354/0997-469-2045
EMAIL ADDRESS: upmech.mina@gmail.com