From MADAGASKAR to the Rice Terraces of Ifugao:

SRI validation and promotion in the province of Ifugao

by

ISAPA/SITMo

OVERALL OBJECTIVE

• Encourage Ifugao farmers to continue maintaining their rice terraces

Specific Objectives

• To show how SRI can improve farmer’s income

• To train a core of farmer trainers on SRI

• To produce appropriate materials for promotion

• To scale up SRI validation and promotion in the province

Key Outputs

• 275 Ifugao men and women were trained in the principles and practices of SRI

• 110 pilot demonstration farms were established (10 per municipality)

• Video documentation and project paper on SRI: the Ifugao experience

• Improved incomes among the trainees and practitioners

SRI Sites

• Hungduan - (1) Hapao

• Kiangan - (3) Nagacadan,Bayninan and Julongan

• Mayaoyao - (1) Mapawoy

• Banaue - (1) Bangaan

• Lamut - (1) ISCAF

METHODOLOGY

• Single plant per hill

• Equal spacing at 25X25 cm distance per hill

• Early transplanting (8-12 days old)

• Moist but unflooded soil

• Use of organic fertilizer

CULTURAL PRACTICES

RESULTS

Comparative Analysis

• Sitio Bayninan, Nagacadan, Kiangan, Ifugao

• 10 plots/sinilong (nabanong) (4 plots for the control; 6 plots for SRI}

• December to June 2005

• Variety: Tinawon/Butnor

Comparative analysisParameters Non-

SRISRI Differ-

enceDiffer.

(%)

Yield/m2 (grams) 625 975 350 21%

No. of tillers/hill 4.5 8.5 4 47%

No. of panicles/m2 128 138 10 7%

Length of panicles (cm) 25.25 32 6.2 20%

No. of grains/panicle 153.75 246.6 92.25 38%

% of filled grains 83.28 97.41 14.13 17%

Plant height 60.75 82.6 21.85 26%

Comparative analysis for four sites (Mapawoy, Bangaan, Hapao, Nagacadan)

Parameters Non-SRI

SRI Differ-ence

Differ-ence.

(%)

Yield/m2 (kgs) 1.57 1.02 0.55 21%

Length of panicles (cm) 9.58 5.68 3.9 25%

No. of productive tillers/m2 370 261.8 108.2 17%

Plant height 48.62 44 4.62 5%

Note: Traditional rice varieties are used in the study.

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