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. […]