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Rice growing season: Wet season (May-December)
Rainfed Lowland yield: 1.2 t/ha
Rice Area per Farmer: ≥0.5 et <1.0 ha
General farmer’s support and assets
Presence of farmer’s association: Not common
Access to credit: Yes
Land ownership (does farmer rent land?): No
Popular Varieties
Rainfed Lowland: Galawae, ROK 10, Bobby, Kalawaii
Selected Crop Management
Land preparation: Manual, machine
Crop establishment: Direct seeding
Water supply:
Herbicide use: Not common
Chemical fertilizer application: Not common
Harvesting: Manual
Threshing: Manual
Women activities: Transplanting, weeding, harvesting, threshing.
Major Challenges: Input access, flooding, insects, seeds (variety, mixture,access), mechanization, access to credit.