Farmers need not be dismayed, lose hope, when typhoon hit and soak their crops. There’s still a way to rescue flooded rice! Here are some tips from the Pinoy Rice Knowledge Bank (www.pinoyrice.com) for farmers to manage their crop during typhoons: 1. Dry immediately. Dry threshed rice that had been exposed to water within 24 hours using mechanical dryer, which dries palay faster than conventional techniques. According to rice experts, […]

Schools as sources of knowledge and information on climate change and rice production? Why not! With the newly-released book, What is a climate change-adaptive school?, PhilRice’s Infomediary Campaign team shares how twelve high schools in the Philippines have risen to the challenge of becoming the nuclei of rice science and information in their own rural rice-farming communities. What’s inside the book? This 124-page material presents the findings of a collaborative […]

Romeo Gamiao, 63 of Vintar, Valencia City, Bukidnon is born and raised in the rice fields. Together with his fellow farmers, he had experienced the lows in farming – losing almost all of his harvest. But these tests were resolved not through government interventions, but through a help that’s easily reached and free – bayanihan Farming in Vintar used to be easy. Soil was healthy, harvest was abundant, and rice […]

PhilRice Batac The Ilocos Sur provincial government expressed support to the implementation of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Program (RCEP) in a courtesy call initiated by PhilRice Batac, Aug. 22. Officials, led by Governor Ryan Luis Singson, were briefed on the activities and services under RCEP. Ilocos Sur is one of the top 20 provinces yielding an average of more than 4t/ha. PhilRice Isabela Supporting a provincial drive called “Todas Dengue, […]

Dr. William D. Dar, acting agriculture secretary, stressed the inclusion of the private sector and the local government units in empowering farmers’ groups and for agricultural development to “stand the test of time.” “We are sowing the seed; we are laying down a strong foundation of the kind of agriculture that we want to be. [To do this], we want to have more engagement with the farmers’ associations and cooperatives. […]

Hybrid rice farmers and seed growers can now quickly assess seed purity with the addition of a new trait in Mestiso 20 (M20), a public hybrid rice variety. To assess seed purity as early as seedling stage, PhilRice researchers have introduced purple coloration on the leaf sheaths of the male parents of M20 while keeping the other traits intact. As hybrids are generated through outcrossing of two different rice lines, […]

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Green chili and pechay for Sinigang, eggplant for torta, and lettuce for your samgyupsal are just some of the vegetables you can literally grow even in a small living space. Yes, space and resources are not limitations in having your own harvest. How? Reuse plastic containers Try container gardening! Reuse empty plastic bottles, baskets, tetra juice packs, cans, and basins as containers in cultivating edible plants, instead of growing directly […]

Prospects of growing hybrid rice is shown to the farmers southwest of Manila in a 35.8-ha demonstration farm at Brgy. Malad, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro. Launched during the 9th National Rice Technology Forum (NRTF), Aug. 8, the demo farm features  Mestiso 20 (M20), one of the 25 hybrid rice varieties, and three inbred varieties –NSIC Rc  216, Rc 506, and Rc 222. Recher Ondap, president of the Rice Board, said through […]