Title: From MADAGASKAR to the Rice Terraces of Ifugao: 
SRI validation and promotion in the province of Ifugao Presented by: ISAPA/SITMo Date :

1. From MADAGASKAR to the
Rice Terraces of Ifugao:
SRI validation and promotion in
the province of Ifugao
by
ISAPA/SITMo

2. OVERALL OBJECTIVE
• Encourage Ifugao farmers to
continue maintaining their rice
terraces

3. Specific Objectives
• To show how SRI can improve
farmer’s income
• To train a core of farmer trainers on
SRI
• To produce appropriate materials for
promotion
• To scale up SRI validation and
promotion in the province

4. Key Outputs
• 275 Ifugao men and women were
trained in the principles and practices
of SRI
• 110 pilot demonstration farms were
established (10 per municipality)
• Video documentation and project
paper on SRI: the Ifugao experience
• Improved incomes among the trainees
and practitioners

5. SRI Sites
• Hungduan - (1) Hapao
• Kiangan - (3) Nagacadan,Bayninan
and Julongan
• Mayaoyao - (1) Mapawoy
• Banaue - (1) Bangaan
• Lamut - (1) ISCAF

6. METHODOLOGY
• Single plant per hill
• Equal spacing at 25X25 cm distance
per hill
• Early transplanting (8-12 days old)
• Moist but unflooded soil
• Use of organic fertilizer

7. CULTURAL PRACTICES

20. RESULTS

34. Comparative Analysis
• Sitio Bayninan, Nagacadan, Kiangan,
Ifugao
• 10 plots/sinilong (nabanong) (4 plots
for the control; 6 plots for SRI}
• December to June 2005
• Variety: Tinawon/Butnor

35. Comparative analysis
Parameters Non- SRI Differ- Differ.
SRI ence (%)
Yield/m2 (grams) 625 975 350 21%
No. of tillers/hill 4.5 8.5 4 47%
No. of panicles/m2 128 138 10 7%
Length of panicles (cm) 25.25 32 6.2 20%
No. of grains/panicle 153.75 246.6 92.25 38%
% of filled grains 83.28 97.41 14.13 17%
Plant height 60.75 82.6 21.85 26%

36. Comparative analysis for four sites
(Mapawoy, Bangaan, Hapao, Nagacadan)
Parameters Non- SRI Differ- Differ-
SRI ence ence.
(%)
Yield/m2 (kgs) 1.57 1.02 0.55 21%
Length of panicles (cm) 9.58 5.68 3.9 25%
No. of productive tillers/m2 370 261.8 108.2 17%
Plant height 48.62 44 4.62 5%
Note: Traditional rice varieties are used in the study.

38. THANK YOU!