Rice farmers start harvesting

A scenic view of Cadapdapan Rice Terraces in Cadapdapan, Candijay, Bohol is one of the farm tourism sites in the
province. The standing crop is in the reproductive stage. Photo by Rice Section, OPA

The Boholano rice farmers in some rice producing municipalities in Bohol have started in harvesting their
planted rice.

Maricel Barloso, Provincial Rice Coordinator in the province bared that of the 58, 222 hectares (has.) rice
physical areas, 29.2 has. of these located in the towns of Candijay (11 has.), Sikatuna (6 has.), Bien Unido (4.92
has.), and Baclayon (2.2 has.) were already harvested since last month.

Barloso said that the harvested crop was planted last October 2025 during the dry cropping season.
The Provincial Rice Coordinator disclosed that most of the standing crop now are on the reproductive stage and
the high-peak of harvesting will be on March and April 2026.

Barloso disclosed that the expected good harvest has been threatened with the reported cases of rice diseases
such as: Bacterial Leaf Blight, Rice Blast, and Brown Spot that affect the rice farms in Carmen, Batuan, Clarin,
Antequera, Pilar, Baclayon, Danao, Tubigon, Balilihan, Sierra-Bullones, Getafe, Dimiao, Sikatuna, Calape;
Trinidad, Buenavista, Guindulman, Talibon, Alicia, Inabanga, Sevilla, Bien Unido, Corella, Loon,Albur,
Catigbian, San Isidro, Garcia-Hernandez, Sagbayan, Duero, Mabini, and Jagna as the causes have been traced due to
frequent rainfall.

The top 10 municipalities who have the big rice physical areas in Bohol are the following: Ubay (8,689 has.),
Dagohoy (4, 127 has.), Pilar (3985 has.), Carmen (3662.75 has.), SanMiguel (3103.03 has.), Trinidad (2, 478.84
has.), Sierra-Bullones (2, 001.55 has.), Talibon (1, 879 has.), Alicia (1, 800 has.), and Candijay (1, 640 has. 
Of the total 58, 222 has., 30, 417 has. are rainfed mostly planted with inbred rice seeds, and 27, 806 has. are
irrigated mostly planted with hybrid rice seeds being tilled by 95, 438 Boholano rice farmers who are registered with
the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA).

In Central Visayas, Bohol has the largest rice physical areas as such continue to hold the title as “Rice Basket in
Central Visayas”.  By Atoy Cosap