Written by the Web Team   The challenge of Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) to farmers to produce 10 t/ha and limiting expenses to P5 for every kilo produced under the Palayabangan: 10-5 Challenge will help prepare farmers for the free trade in 2015. In his speech during the PhilRice-hosted Lakbay-Palay 2013, Dr. Eufemio Rasco Jr., PhilRice executive director, said that one of the issues confronting the country’s economy, including […]

Written by the Web Team   A group of indigenous peoples in Occidental Mindoro will benefit from the Farmers` Field Day recently conducted by the local government of the province and Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). Comprising 30 percent of the total population of the province, the more than 150 Mangyan farmers came from Ulanguan, Banganay, and Sili. The field day highlighted the varietal trial of eight different rice varieties, […]