Socioeconomic factors affecting adoption of different crop establishment methods in Iloilo [Philippines].
1996
Masicat P.B. | Pandey S. | Villano R. | Gagalac F. | Lagasca F.
Rising cost of labor, increasing scarcity of water and possibility of crop intensification are some of the reasons for a switch from transplanting to dry seeding method of rice establishment. In Iloilo [Philippines] there has been a large scale shift in crop establishment method in early 70s with the advent of short duration modern varieties. Based on a survey of 200 farmers in Iloilo in 1995, the paper throws light in economics of alternative methods of crop establishment. In rainfed areas, majority of farmers dry seed their first rice crop. Scarcity of water forced a large number of farmers to dry seed their crops even in irrigated areas. The temporal fluctuations in area planted by various methods seem to be correlated with the amount and timing of early rainfall. Dry seeded rice, although lower yielding than wet seeded rice, often resulted in more income to farmers due to its harvest at the time of lean months when market prices are higher. However, farmers perceived weed control to be a major problem with dry seeded crop and often transplanted or wet seeded after dry seeding for several years to reduce weed infestation.
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