Baseline survey on the rice terraces and indigenous rice production in Abra [Philippines]
2010
Edwin, M.B., Abra State Inst. of Sciences and Technology, Lagangilang, Abra (Philippines)
The study was conducted to document the rice terraces in Abra and the cultural management practices employed by the farmers in such areas that will serve as baseline sources of data. The key respondents are the rice terraces farmers from eight upland and three lowland municipalities. Data were gathered by using a semi-structured interview, by observation, and documented with the use of camera. Results showed that there are rice terraces in Abra which are mostly found in the upland municipalities and that farmers still grow traditional rice varieties, so it follows that they apply indigenous practices in the cultivation of these varieties. Some of which are the conventional method of land preparation, incubation method of seedling production, use of the wet seed bed, randomized transplanting, hand weeding, use of organic fertilizer through basal application, use of botanicals to control crop pests and diseases, yatab harvesting, manual threshing and winnowing, sun drying, storing bundled rice, storing harvested crops in a primitive warehouse locally known as 'Agamang' and primitive milling.
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