Two projects on enhancing the adaptive capacities of farmers to climate change were launched by PhilRice Los Baños. A project on Strengthening Resiliency and Enhancing Food Security was launched on 3-4 May in Romblon. This project will assess the knowledge and capacity of rainfed and upland rice-farming communities on climate change. During the course of implementation, it will use a range of participatory planning methodologies, establish demonstration fields, and develop […]

Rapid decrease in moisture content (MC) without affecting grain quality is among the advantages of using the Rapid FIRE dryer that is now underway for public testing. The study “Development of far infrared ray emitter rapid paddy dryer (Rapid FIRE)” led by PhilRice Scientist Engr. Manuel Jose C. Regalado has shown promising results in drying fresh paddy, which is seen to benefit traders, processors, and farmers during wet season. This […]

This month we feature PhilRice Scientist Dr. Roel R. Suralta. Doc Roel’s papers on root plasticity in rice are published in top-tier journals and have hundreds of citations from researchers in the Philippines and abroad. Colorful college life Coming from a small community high school in Camotes Islands in Cebu, Doc Roel was dwarfed by the atmosphere at the Visayas State University (then Leyte State University) when he entered college […]

PhilRice Executive Director Sailila E. Abdula was recently recognized as Outstanding Rice Scientist of the Philippines by the ASEAN Rice Science and Technology Ambassadors Award Search Committee. “As a government employee, this means that the we are doing what is expected from us to help the people and having this award is more than just an achievement, it is also a challenge for me to continue doing researches to help […]

The country’s rice consumption may have slightly decreased, but rice wastage remains literally on the plate of millions of Filipinos. The Be RICEponsible Campaign of the Department of Agriculture-PhilRice has been urging rice consumers to watch their intake not only for better health, but also to prevent rice wastage. This was after the release of the 2016 report of the Philippine Statistics Authority citing an average individual wastage of around […]

Over 500 farmers, students, and local stakeholders learned about hybrid rice and combine harvester during PhilRice Midsayap’s Lakbay Palay, July 20. “Our ambition is to be rice-secure and competitive. With hybrid rice and mechanization, we hope to attain this goal in the next few years,” PhilRice Acting Executive Director Sailila E. Abdula emphasized.  Hybrid rice is a type of rice that has been bred from two very different parents. The […]