Working on a prosperous new year need not be strenuous. For rice farming, gaining abundant harvest and more income may start through a fun tour, easy reading, or clicking on the mouse. So, rev up the year with new knowledge for prosperity! Check out the most convenient and most practical way of learning new knowledge about rice farming: 1. Join Palay-Aralan Palay-Aralan provides a venue for farmers, rice farm owners, […]

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is now accepting applications on Thesis Fellowship for 2019 second semester implementation under the Research Fellowship Program. The Program provides funding support for thesis students with innovative researches that can contribute to the achievement of the following outcomes indicated in the Institute’s Strategic Plan: 1. increased productivity, cost-effectiveness, and profitability of rice farming in a sustainable manner; 2. improved rice trade through efficient postproduction, […]

Rice plants applied with biofertilizers composed of four bacteria are healthier than those fertilized with other forms as shown in a recent study conducted by Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). Mac Michael Rubio, one of the researchers, said four strains of rhizobacteria were found to enhance rice growth. The strains were identified and selected using a molecular technique while soil samples were collected from major irrigated lowland rice fields in […]

Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija – About 40 media practitioners from Central Luzon convened at the PhilRice Central Experiment Station based in this city to learn the latest information on the healthier rice project, January 9. PhilRice Development Communication (DevCom) Division, in coordination with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), organized the “Media Dialogue: Making Rice Healthier” to enlighten the media about the nutrition situation in the country and […]

No longer we are spared from irking events during tropical storms: immobile automobile stuck in the urban traffic jam and soaked socks of exhausted employees on their way home. What we don’t easily realize is that aside from these microcosm annoyances, the food we eat, most especially rice, are equally affected by such calamities. On a macro level, storms connect common folks’ predicaments to the country’s rice security. Vis-à-vis the […]