Field trials were conducted at Irrigation Research Station, Kadawa, Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and Bakalori Irrigation Project, Birnin Tudu, Talata Mafara, both in the Sudan savanna ecological zone of Nigeria during 2018 and 2019 dry seasons, to investigate the effect of farmyard manure, seedling age and spacing on the performance of FARO 44 (Sipi 692033), under system of rice intensification (SRI). Treatments consisted of four levels each of farmyard manure (FYM) (0, 7.5, 10.0 and 12.5 t ha-1); seedling age (A); (9, 15, 21 and 27 days old) and three spacing (S) (15 x 15cm, 25cm x 25cm and 35cm x 35cm).