Land suitability evaluation for increasing agricultural productivity og rainfed rice areas in Barangay Escribano, San Juan Batanggas

Date

4-2012

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Soil Science

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Monsalud, Florentino C.

Abstract

The study was conducted to increase the agricultural productivity of rainfed rice areas in Barangay Escribano, San Juan, Batangas. Land suitability evaluation was carried out to determine suitability of rice, cowpea, eggplant, mungbean, bush sitao and tomato to Guadalupe clay using the FAO Framework of Land Evaluation. Matching the quality of Guadalupe clay with the requirements of the crops revealed that rice is moderately suitable (S2) for Guadalupe clay if it is grown during the first cropping season and marginally suitable (S3) if grown during the second cropping season. Cowpea, mungbean, bush sitao, eggplant and tomato were marginally suitable (S3) to the soil for the two cropping seasons (wet and dry). In order to improve the suitability of these crops, the use of early maturing varieties, use of appropriate cultural practices for better seed germination and crop growth, application of lime and organic materials, irrigation support and construction of adequate surface or subsurface drainage facilities to remove excess water are needed. However, construction of adequate surface or subsurface drainage facilities and application of lime appeared to be very costly. Farms that have access to supplemental irrigation in the area could practice planting of vegetables (cowpea/mungbean/bush sitao/eggplant/tomato) after wet-season rice, while those which do not have any could practice planting of these vegetables on bunds of wet-season rice followed by a fallow period. Following these recommendations would contribute to the assurance that the barangay would have sufficient rice every year for home consumption, and at the same time farmers would have cash crops that would serve as an additional source of income and/or additional capital to support rice production, thus, increasing agricultural productivity.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section

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