Land use, livelihoods and rice variety diversity in irrigated and rainfed ecosystems in the Philippines
2007
Cabrera, E.R. | Hossain, M., International Rice Research Inst., DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila (Philippines). Social Sciences Div.
The Philippines benefited greatly from the Green Revolution in rice during 1966-82. The fast growth in rice production helped achieve self sufficiency by 1978. But a drastic deceleration in growth began in the mid-1980s, which gradually eroded earlier gains. The country experienced the worst rice crisis in history in 1995, with rice prices skyrocketing despite a favorable domestic production in 1994. Since then, the country has been importing rice in large amounts to meet the domestic demand. Rice is still grown under rainfed conditions in about a third of the area where the yield is low. This study aims to assess the land use patterns, livelihood and diversity of rice variety in the rainfed system at the farm level which may shed light on constraints to increase rice productivity. A multiple stage random sampling method was used for drawing 20 municipalities from all municipalities in the country and purposively selected two representative village, one relatively accessible area and the other from a remote area. Results showed that socioeconomic characteristics of farm households are similar for the irrigated and rainfed systems, but there is considerable difference in variety diversity, yield gains and income from rice farming. The findings are reported in the paper.
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