Farmers participate in Hybrid Rice Derby. More than 200 rice farmers, researchers, agricultural technicians, and local officials participated in the Hybrid Rice Derby: Provincial Techno Forum and Harvest Festival in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur on February 1. One of the 18 hybrid rice varieties showcased is Mestiso 20, a public hybrid rice that yields 6.4-11.7t/ha and matures in 111 days.

The agriculture sector is faced with challenges this year: rice-security and farmers competing with the international rice market. Amidst these, the Institute recruits new staff and employs research fellows, not only for science, but to ensure that its discoveries and technologies are used for development in the rice sector. Excelling in their fields of expertise, Dr. Emmanuel R. Tiongco, Dr. Truong Hoai Xuan, Dr. Alexis T. Belonio, Thelma F. Padolina, […]

As we begin the year, let’s ask the Institute’s most loyal workers, who were awarded during the 2018 Dangal ng PhilRice, on what inspired them during their decades of work at the country’s lead agency on rice research for development. Serving their purpose Most of the loyalty awardees see their work as an opportunity to serve the Filipino farmers. “Working at PhilRice and experiencing the drive to help farmers and […]

Many aspects of the now 33-year-old PhilRice are public knowledge. One of the memorable details of the Institute’s early years is the role of the presidency of Corazon C. Aquino, whose birth anniversary was commemorated on January 25. While the executive order establishing PhilRice was signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos on November 5, 1985, Cory Aquino amended it a year later to increase the membership of the Institute’s highest […]

PhilRice launched this week its first INTRANET service, allowing its employees to access various online and automated services in one central location. The INTRANET is like a portal to the entire PhilRice community, which provides resources, calendar, bulletins and ads, chat, email, memos, library, links to social media accounts, and more links as new systems come up. Its core systems were also upgraded and interconnected and are now accessible through […]

Early this month, our acting executive director, Dr. Sailila E. Abdula, shared the Institute’s milestones and its new goals. In this message, he encourages us to support the upcoming Rice Tariffication Act and be SAILILA: Strengthen and Advance Innovation, Linkages, Learning, and Advocacy. Read his full message below: Peace be with us and good morning! It’s another challenging, exciting, and successful year for PhilRice. We can give each other a […]

Sen. Cynthia Villar expressed confidence that government institutions will effectively implement the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund or RICE fund once the tariffication bill is passed into law. “Kailangang magtiwala sa kanila dahil kung hindi, walang mangyayari (We need to trust them for the programs to work),” Villar told media in a graduation ceremony of the trainees on quality inbred rice seeds production and farm mechanization late last year. A government’s […]

Head of the country’s lead agency on rice research for development rallies workers to support the upcoming Rice Tariffication Act or currently the Senate Bill 1998, which aims to replace import restrictions on rice with tariffs. Dr. Sailila E. Abdula, acting executive director of Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), urged in his statement early this month that cost-effective technologies should be further generated for the farmers to survive the possible influx […]

Ang bawat uri ng palay ay may kwento. Kwentong magpapakilala sa pinagmulan o kultura, sustansiyang hatid, kaakit-akit na anyo, at maging ang kakaibang lambot o kunat ng kanin. Lasahan, namnamin, at mamangha sa pambansang palay, bigas, o kanin.

  The rice hull protects the rice grain, but at the end of its “life,” it is usually dumped or burned after milling, left as agricultural waste. This destiny of the rice hull is changed through artists’ creativity. In a new exhibit titled “In Progress of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice)” in Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija, rice hulls and their carbonized form are used as medium in […]