Organic production systems have a lot of advantages over conventional ones. For example, conventional rice production uses over 40 different pesticides to control weeds and insects—pesticides that contain such toxic chemicals. Organic rice paddies also use environmentally friendly soil amendments such as compost, which helps increase soil health and decrease nutrient run-off.

Listen as in this episode, we will be talking about Masipag's guide to the cultural management practices of Organic paddy rice.