Abstract:
This study tried to determine the insect management practices of rice farmers in Northern Samar,
Philippines. A survey method through a face-to-face interview from a complete enumeration and
proportionally allocated sample of 213 households using an interview used to collect data from
rice farmer irrigators in Northern Samar, Philippines. The findings showed that Chemical
Control (75.18%), Cultural Control (34.74%), and Integrated Pest Management (29.11%) were
the top three insect pest management practices employed by the rice farmers. Other insect
control measures practiced were Traditional Control (15.49%), Biological Control (1.88%), and
Use of Resistant Varieties (1.41%). Surprisingly, there were rice farmers (7.98%) who did not
bother to control insect pests at all. Factors which were directly and significantly related to the
choice of insect pest control practices of rice farmers were financial and material resources,
tenure status, frequency of listening to radio, cropping intensity and knowledge on identity of
insect pests. |
