Posted by Web Team Mar - 14 - 2016
A PhilRice videographer recently won in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) international video competition themed Advancing Asia: Investing for the future. Jayson C. Berto, a videographer and writer from the Institute’s Development Communication Division, won in the Asia-wide contest by the IMF. Berto’s entry was about PhilRice’s Infomediary Campaign site in Davao Oriental. He documented how the training of a school teacher resulted in quite a number of impressive results. […]
Posted by Web Team Mar - 12 - 2016
“The Golden Rice Project has a noble mission and that is to alleviate vitamin A deficiency in the country. Stopping our research would mean depriving millions of Filipinos of another potential solution to this malnutrition,” Dr. Reynante Ordonio, scientist and Golden Rice co-project leader at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), said when asked on why Golden Rice research must continue. Vitamin A deficiency remains a serious and persistent public […]
Posted by Sonny Pasiona Mar - 12 - 2016
With the onslaught of El Niño and the summer season fast approaching, an expert advises farmers to take necessary precautions against heat stroke. Dr. Raul V. Destura, an internal medicine and infectious disease specialist, says that heat stroke is one of the most common health risks among farmers who work under the scorching heat of the sun. According to Destura, heat stroke, also known as sun stroke, is a severe […]
Posted by Web Team Mar - 9 - 2016
The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Midsayap, North Cotabato has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Midsayap-Dilangalen National High School (MDNHS) to promote agriculture to senior high school students, 8 February. Effective this year, senior high school students of MDNHS will undergo an immersion-training program under the crop production curriculum. PhilRice Midsayap will provide technical assistance through lectures and hands-on activities on crop production. “We want the students […]
Posted by philrice-admin Mar - 8 - 2016
Posted by John Glen Sarol Mar - 7 - 2016
Researchers at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) found that a certain bacteria enhances growth, root development, and grain yield of upland rice varieties. The study, Exploring the potential of plant growth promoting actinomycetes to enhance upland rice production, led by Jayvee A. Cruz evaluated the effectiveness of plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) in enhancing the growth and yield of upland rice. PGPB is recognized in agriculture in reducing the use […]
Posted by Web Team Mar - 6 - 2016
A Japanese Professor from Tohoku University recommended the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool to rice researchers in helping farmers cope with climate change. LCA, according to Professor Masanori Sato, is a technique that enables industries to identify the resource flows (water and energy inputs), and environmental impacts (GHG emissions) associated with the provision of products and services. Researchers and decision makers will find LCA useful in giving concrete recommendations to […]
Posted by philrice-admin Mar - 2 - 2016
Zero rice importation or self-sufficiency has always been the elusive goal of Philippine agriculture policies regardless of political dispensation. Any inferior goal is unpatriotic and criticized as a failure of the government and the nation as a whole. Figure 1 shows the historical net rice imports of the Philippines.