August 5, 2024

First application of fertilizer is Complete Fertilizer instead of Urea based on the farmer’s practice in that area. In addition, they also reduced the water level to let the rice slowly absorb the fertilizer. Also, for the weeds not to absorb the fertilizers applied.

There are 4 plots of rice which is namely Plot A-D.

• PLOT A – no DPF applied, just complete fertilizer.
• PLOT B – split application of DPF with complete fertilizer.
• PLOT C and D – single application of DPF with complete fertilizer.

By next visit, only B will be applied with another set of DPF with Urea.

August 27, 2024

As per observation of the Agriculturist in Bohol, upon collecting 5 random samples per plot, here is the average plant height for each plot: Plot A has an average of 53.8 cm, Plot B has an average of 56.8 cm, Plot C has an average of 57 cm and Plot D has an average of 56.8 cm. On the other hand, for the number of tillers, Plot A has an average of 10.4 tillers, Plot B has 12.8 tillers, Plot C has 14 tillers and Plot D has 11.8 tillers. The results of Plot B and Plot C are relatively close, which may suggest that a single application of fertilizer could be more effective than a split application; however, this conclusion is not definitive and will ultimately depend on the final harvest outcomes.

October 29, 2024 – Harvest Day (Day 1)

4 plots in Bohol were manually harvested by farmers but a thresher was used after the harvest.

October 30, 2024 – Harvest Day (Day 2)

Upon harvesting of the control and demo field, the demo field yielded 5.61 tons/ha while the control field yielded 6.37 tons/ha. It is suspected that control may be contaminated through the levees since the yield for this year is higher compared to the past yield of the plot. To be specific, the past yield is only 3.98 tons/ha. Therefore, there is a 40.95% increase from the previous year.