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More resilient rice growers.  PhilRice Bicol Branch Director Victoria C. Lapitan joined farmers from Ligao City and Polonagui, Albay who can now better manage their rice fields after graduating from a season-long course, Climate-smart Farm Business School, Oct. 5. In partnership with the Agricultural Training Institute Region 5, PhilRice Bicol trained farmers on climate-ready technologies and business farming. PalayCheck System, climate-resilient varieties, Minus-one Element Technique, leaf color chart, and controlled […]

Research on Golden Rice is still ongoing following the country’s regulatory guidelines. It will only be made available to farmers and consumers after receiving the necessary permits for direct use, cultivation, and commercialization. We are currently waiting for the approval of the conduct of field trials from the Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Plant Industry. In 2017, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and the International Rice Research Institute […]

Researches on identifying germplasm with good traits and breeding hybrids through biotech won in the recent 2nd International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research in Higher Education in Zamboanga City. Collective Efforts and Interdisciplinary Approach to Rice (Oryzasativa L.) Conservation and Use in the Philippines was adjudged best abstract and best paper among 10 entries. Xavier Greg I. Caguiat, lead researcher based at Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), said that the study […]

Farmers’ group in Negros Occidental trained by Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) are now selling their own-produced brown rice in The District-Ayala Mall in Talisay City. “We are happy that our local farmers now bring their goods in this type of market place. Linking their products with the supermarkets and other business development providers is one of the objectives of the Rice Business Innovation System (RiceBIS) Program,” said Anileen O. […]

To increase youth engagement in agriculture, Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Midsayap boosts its partnership with the academe sector in Soccsksargen. In a recent Lakbay Palay with the University of Southern Mindanao (USM) in Kabacan and Sultan Kudarat State University (SKSU), a forum was conducted to 11 public schools in Cotabato and Sarangani. USM main campus in Kabacan, North Cotabato posted an average of 29% decline on BS Agriculture […]

Villagers in this first class municipality of  Esperanza, Agusan del Sur are initiating plans to lessen pest occurrences that had been the long-running problem in the farming communities. Sharen T. Rivas, science research specialist from Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Agusan del Norte, said a campaign dubbed as Barangay IPM (Integrated Pest Management) Patrol Campaign will be launched in October. IPM entails “combining the best available tools and techniques […]

Seed quality and varietal information tops all queries in a farmer’s mind. Every cropping season, new and veteran rice farmers ask, “What variety should I plant now?” Added to this are their concerns on yield and suitability under local condition. The need for this information motivated ICT specialists Nehemiah Caballong and Paul Austian Alday of Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) to develop the Binhing Palay app with the National Cooperative […]

Philippine Rice Research Institute initiated exchanges with the women-farmers and sexual minorities.

Seminar series for better agriculture. Farmers can expect improved location-specific varieties as researchers’ skills on rice breeding are enhanced through seminar series. Breeding strategies for organic rice and molecular plant breeding were discussed in an activity themed, Breeding for brighter future in agriculture, with Alvin Palanog and Dr. Arlen dela Cruz as speakers, Sept. 28. Rimmon Armones from the Sugar Regulatory Administration also shared the breeding methods in sugarcane. This initiative […]