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Andrea edit B. Bibares Click to Jane Master subtitle style ABM 203 - EC
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Technical Description
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is one of the staple foods of the Philippines. Cultivated rice or palay is an annual grass with round, pointed culms, flat leaves and terminal panicles. The grain is ripened ovary. When it matures, 90-100% of the filled spikelets turns yellow.
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is one of the staple foods in the country. It is also called a political crop since it can trigger significant effects in the politics and economy especially in developing countries.
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can topple government leaders, spark mass protests, trigger food riots, and generate mass hoarding of stocks, and it often serves as the sustaining staple of Third World countries. (Benett, 2008)
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Input Subsystem
Major
Inputs Used
Seeds
Certified seeds Hybrid seeds
Labor
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Input Subsystem
Volume
Inputs Utilization of inputs in the town varies depending on the practice of the farmer. Some farmers use pure synthetic fertilizers. Some would use synthetic and organic and others use pure organic inputs.
Major
Fertilizer inputs:
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Urea P1090/sack (
Input Subsystem
Sources
of inputs:
Fertilizers
Synthetic fertilizers and pest control chemicals
Agri-vet stores mostly retailers
Organic inputs
Independent producers Farmers produce their own inputs
Seeds
Government DA-LGU Seed breeders
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Input Subsystem
Problems
of the Sector
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Production Subsystem
Production
Concentration
Production Subsystem
Technological
Developments
Most of the rice farms in the town are still labor-intensive from land preparation to harvesting. Organic Farming.
Was introduced to some farmer groups in
2009
Production Subsystem
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Production Subsystem
Production
Issues
Rising prices of inputs. Low value of produce. Calamities Information gap technical/scientific way
of rice farming
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Processing Subsystem
Postharvest
Process
Dried Mechanical Dryer/Solar
Palay
Threshed
Milled
Edible Rice
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Processing Subsystem
Volume
At every stage in the postharvest system, the value of the produce increases but the volume (per sack) of the product decreases due to the decrease in removal of water and rice bran from the paddies.
About
88% is used as food, 4% for processing, 2% for seeds and 6% 8/1/12 goes to feeds and waste.
Processing Subsystem
Processing
Opportunities
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Marketing Subsytem
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Marketing Subsytem
Rice
Price
or fairest price.
Buyers: Set the best price for them to get
Marketing Subsytem
Prevailing
harvest:
Wet/Fresh harvest P13/kilo Dried P15-16/kilo NFA P17/kilo Milled P28 40/kilo (depending on the
variety)
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Marketing Subsytem
Marketing
Opportunities and
Problems
Lack of market for organic produce in the
town.
For family consumption Sell the produce at a lower price Farmers tend to go back to synthetic farming less labor-intensive, less costly
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Support Subsystem
Institutions
office.
Philippine Rural Reconstruction
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Support Subsystem
Development
Government
Seeds subsidies. The government buys seeds to breeders at P1,200 and sells them to farmers at P600 for certified seeds and P700 for hybrid seeds. Palay Check. A cropping season-long seminar and consultation offered to farmers to solve farming issues and problems encountered of rice farmers in the town. Crop Insurance.
P800 per hectare P13, 000 per8/1/12 hectare (covers
Support Subsystem
Development
PRRM.
Organic farming.
Project started in 2009 Conducted trainings and seminars to farmers interested Monitoring of the farms and additional consultation to farmers
Soil testing and matching of crops viable to soil classification within the town. 8/1/12
Integrated Analysis
Critical
Problems
Information Gap Support from the Government Control over the prices
Prospects/Outlook
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