Ormoc Farmers Double Income with Hybrid Rice

Hybrid rice doubles income of Ormoc City farmers.

The income of farmers who benefited from the Rice Production Enhancement Program (RPEP) have more than doubled, according to Mayor Eric C. Codilla, who said local farmers’ total earnings have reached P389.4 million annually. RPEP was piloted in December 2004 in 357 hectares of rice lands.

Farmers who plant hybrid seeds are given free fertilizer on the condition they harvest at least 140 cavans per hectare, which is 55.5 percent more than the 90-cavan yield using inbreed seeds.

The program was implemented during five croppings within two-and-a-half years by which time it expanded to 3,300 hectares. The fifth cropping was in January 2007, which was harvested in May that year.

Before RPEP, a 1,000-hectare rice land earned only P24,000 annually in two croppings based on 90 cavans per harvest. With hybrid seeds and considering the P600-per-cavan prevailing buying price of palay, a hectare can earn P59,000 annually in two croppings based on 140 cavans per harvest.

Multiply that to 3,300 hectares and the total income of farmers in RPEP reaches P389.4 million. More farmers are taking part in RPEP, with the ratio between agricultural technologists and farmers going up to 1:150 from only 1:30 before the start of the program.

Not only has the program increased rice production and raised farmers’ income levels, it also boosted Ormoc’s local economy, assured food security, provided employment opportunities, improved peace and order, increased tax collection, and enhanced infrastructure development, Codilla said.

By Business Mirror

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