With extended dry spell, Philippine Rice Information System (PRISM) researchers cautioned farmers in  El Niño-affected provinces to practice proper water and farm management techniques. Dr. Eduardo Jimmy P. Quilang, PhilRice’s OIC Deputy Executive Director for Research and PRISM expert advised farmers in irrigated areas to continue planting to cover the production needs of areas that can no longer plant due to absence of water. كأس العرب 2024 “These irrigated areas […]

HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICERS. As an institution holding three ISO  certifications, PhilRice further improve its working environment by conducting a  seminar on basic occupational safety and health.About 40 staff were trained, April 22-25. The Integrated Management Systems and Services, headed by Hazel Jane Orge, led the five-day activity.       PHOTO RESOURCE ADMINISTRATORS (PRA): A more efficient knowledge management is expected with the new PhilRice photographers. Trained on basic photography […]

Aside from the opportunity of studying in a good school, scholarship gives free education and covers lodging, travel allowance, and book allowance. So, if you’re planning to apply for a free graduate course, consider these tips. Start from the net and Human Resource Management Office Genevive Nemeño of PhilRice Agusan found her scholarship through browsing the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) website. She filled up all the requirements listed […]

Farmers can further observe the performance of hybrid rice with the extended run of its techno demo in Asingan and Urdaneta City, Pangasinan until 2nd week of April. In a 37.5-ha, Mestiso 20 (M20), one of the 25 hybrid rice varieties, and six inbred varieties –NSIC Rc 160, Rc 216, Rc 300, Rc 402, Rc 438, and Rc 480 are featured. The techno demo, which is part the 8th National […]

A global trend is threatening food security.  Many of the young people are evidently leaving rural areas to pursue non-agricultural careers in urban districts. In the Philippines, a team from Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) finds a way to help engage the Filipino youth in agriculture. Dubbed as “Infomediary Campaign,” the campaign worked with the Department of Education (DepEd) to encourage the youth to explore the farming sector and to […]

Makahiya (Mimosa pudica) and Lantana (Lantana camara), medicinal plants known to treat common diseases in humans, were also found to be beneficial to rice plants, recent study showed. In a research, Nueva Ecija High School student Lena Nagaosa with her adviser Jerandel Gaspar and PhilRice researchers Ma. Salome Duca and Dindo King Donayre, gathered that said perennial weed and flowering plant can fight bacterial leaf blight (BLB) in rice. BLB […]

An official of Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), the country’s lead agency on rice research for development, persuaded more than 400 farmers to adopt new technologies to survive rice trade liberalization. In farmers’ event called Lakbay Palay conducted at PhilRice Negros, Dr. Karen Eloisa T. Barroga, deputy executive director for development, said science-based technologies such as seeds and machines, coupled with sipag (diligence), and pagsama-sama (organized and united) will help […]

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The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) recently received two awards for its efforts to make high-quality seeds and relevant rice farming information available and accessible to farmers and rice stakeholders. PhilRice officials and representatives received their awards on March 28 on two separate events. Two of PhilRice’s knowledge products in 2018 won in the annual and prestigious BINHI Agricultural Journalism Awards. The Philippine Agricultural Journalists Inc. in cooperation with the […]