DA National Rice Programs

Challenges, Thrusts, Directions and

Strategies for 2018
Challenges, Thrusts and Directions
 Challenges for the Rice Program
1. Low farm productivity

2. Low competitiveness

3. Vulnerability to climate and disaster risks

4. Lifting of the Quantitative Restriction (QR)

 Thrusts and Directions for the Rice
Program
1. Increase farm productivity and build-up
increments to attain self-sufficiency by the
end of 2019

2. Reduce production cost

3. Climate change adaption and disaster risk

reduction management
 2017-2022 Rice Production, Area and
Yield Targets
2017 2018 2019
REGION Production Yield Production Yield Production Yield
Area (Ha) Area (Ha) Area (Ha)
(MT) (MT/Ha) (MT) (MT/Ha) (MT) (MT/Ha)
PHILIPPINES 18,568,064 4,700,611 3.95 20,341,576 4,840,957 4.20 21,667,514 5,017,102 4.32
CENTRAL LUZON 3,661,601 735,902 4.98 4,029,963 759,306 5.31 4,253,274 785,456 5.42
Aurora 100,853 24,474 4.12 110,999 25,252 4.40 117,150 26,122 4.48
Bataan 158,974 34,139 4.66 174,968 35,225 4.97 184,663 36,438 5.07
Bulacan 373,828 82,956 4.51 411,435 85,594 4.81 434,234 88,542 4.90
Nueva Ecija 1,797,001 328,816 5.47 1,977,782 339,274 5.83 2,087,377 350,958 5.95
Pampanga 450,320 91,621 4.92 495,623 94,535 5.24 523,087 97,791 5.35
Tarlac 637,619 139,711 4.56 701,764 144,154 4.87 740,651 149,119 4.97
 2017-2022 Rice Production, Area and
Yield Targets
2020 2021 2022
REGION Production Yield Production Yield Production Yield
Area (Ha) Area (Ha) Area (Ha)
(MT) (MT/Ha) (MT) (MT/Ha) (MT) (MT/Ha)
PHILIPPINES 22,045,082 5,053,644 4.36 22,431,257 5,091,648 4.41 22,823,996 5,129,382 4.45
CENTRAL LUZON 4,327,132 792,679 5.46 4,403,161 798,620 5.51 4,493,253 804,543 5.58
Aurora 119,184 26,362 4.52 121,278 26,559 4.57 120,100 26,756 4.49
Bataan 187,870 36,773 5.11 191,170 37,049 5.16 192,950 37,324 5.17
Bulacan 441,774 89,356 4.94 449,536 90,026 4.99 461,487 90,693 5.09
Nueva Ecija 2,123,624 354,186 6.00 2,160,936 356,840 6.06 2,202,406 359,487 6.13
Pampanga 532,170 98,690 5.39 541,520 99,430 5.45 555,487 100,167 5.55
Tarlac 753,512 150,490 5.01 766,751 151,618 5.06 784,562 152,743 5.14
Zambales 168,998 36,822 4.59 171,967 37,098 4.64 176,261 37,373 4.72
 Strategies for the Rice Program
Increase farm productivity and build-up
increments to attain self-sufficiency by
the end of 2019
• Continue rice model farm

• Technology demonstrations and support

activities, training and training related events,
Local Farmer Technicians (LFTs) and Farm
Service Provider (FSP)
 Strategies for the Rice Program
Increase farm productivity and build-up
increments to attain self-sufficiency by the
end of 2019
• Continue conventional extension services and
expand deployment of ICT-based advisory system

• Micro agriculture enterprise for rice-based farms,

enterprise development

• Support to small scale irrigation projects

 Strategies for the Rice Program
Increase farm productivity and build-up
increments to attain self-sufficiency by
the end of 2019
• Extensive rice hybridization (1 M ha)- Tier II
– Hybrid seeds (grant), fertilizers by PPI (soft loan)
– Incentives for adoption
– Extension support
– Crop insurance
– Program management
 Strategies for the Rice Program
Reduce production cost
• Facilitate market linkages (support to
AMAS/AMAD)

• Farm production machineries and post-harvest

machinery and equipment

• Rice corporate farming

• DA-IRRI collaborative R and D projects and

regional rice research
 Strategies for the Rice Program
Climate change adaption and disaster
risk reduction management
• High quality seeds for adverse ecosystems

• Hybrid and inbred seed buffer stocking, and

provision of agricultural chemical buffer stocks
 Strategies for the Rice Program
Climate change adaption and disaster
risk reduction management
• Prioritize repair/rehab of existing DA facilities

• Agricultural machinery and equipment for

calamity and epidemic quick response pool
Thank you for your attention!