Written by the Web Team   Philippine Rice Research Institute, the country’s lead in rice science and development, had concerted its development initiatives under the recently launched Rural Transformation Movement. Operationalizing within two major campaigns, Gusto naming milyonaryo kayo and Be RICEponsible, the movement aims to change tillers’ behavior on farm enterprise and intensify Filipino’s commitment in helping the country produce enough rice. Dr. Eduardo Jimmy Quilang, PhilRice deputy executive […]

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Written by the Web Team   The Sagot ko ang magulang ko or Infomediary Campaign, an initiative led by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) that aims to mobilize youth to be agriculture infomediaries, has stepped-up its activities with the inclusion of climate change module in the country’s technical-vocational curriculum. Jaime A. Manalo IV, campaign lead, said the module will be incorporated in the curriculum of 81 technical-vocational schools nationwide. […]

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Written by the Web Team   Science City of Muñoz, the only science city in the country, supports the call for Filipinos to be RICEponsible or having a better attitude towards rice and farmers. In adopting the Be RICEponsible campaign, an offshoot of the declaration of the National Year of Rice in 2013, the local government unit headed by Mayor Nestor Alvarez, kicked off the city campaign through a recent […]

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Written by the Web Team   Dr. Eufemio T. Rasco Jr, executive director of the Philippine Rice Research Institute, cited the farmers in San Mateo, Isabela during the recent 6th Balatong Festival for being resourceful and open-minded. “Some farmers in the country are yet to adopt the intensified rice-based farming system and crop diversification, which we promote at PhilRice. Here, you amaze me with your productive farm practices and willingness […]

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Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is a government corporate entity attached to the Department of Agriculture created through Executive Order 1061 on 5 November 1985 (as amended) to help develop high-yielding and cost-reducing technologies so farmers can produce enough rice for all Filipinos.

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