Written by the Web Team
Made in Korea. Dasanbyeo, a Korean variety, is showing good performance in the Philippine soil, Rommel V. Alday (R) informs Dr. Jeong-Taek Lee, director of Korean Project on International Agriculture (KOPIA) Center in the Philippines, and about 50 fellow farmers. According to Alday, the Korean variety being tested in Bantug, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija has good crop stand and good number of tillers. Dasanbyeo is an aromatic rice variety with good eating quality and has high milled rice marketability. Korea supports the country’s bid for food self-sufficiency through the technologies being tested under the KOPIA project.