Swapping varieties is a common practice among rice farmers in Anilao, Iloilo. Every time farmers would hear of a neighbor’s good yield, they would excitedly ask for some seeds to try hoping that they could also enjoy a handsome harvest. Edgar Belago, 61, used to cling to this practice. For more than a decade now, Edgar and his family had been renting and tending a one-hectare farm beside their house […]