Dr. William Dollente Dar, acting secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA), bares “new thinking” as strategy to achieve four-fold agriculture growth and double farmers’ income. In his acceptance speech early this week, Dar, who have served as the DA secretary from 1998 to 1999, noted that Philippine agriculture, for the past decade, only grew 1.1% annually, while population has been increasing at 1.8% yearly. “We are faced with the […]

As imported and cheaper rice floods our market, now, more than ever, is the best time to rally behind our farmers. Let us help them produce more rice efficiently; buy their harvests at a fair price; and show them that we value their work. After all, the rice that they produce is what connects us and makes us Filipinos.

Experts from the plant industry are intensifying quarantine and pest-risk analysis (PRA) procedures to protect consumers and farmers from the entry of unsafe imported rice and palay. “PRA is a very important part of the pre-border quarantine to identify risks associated from commodities imported to our country like palay. This is to avoid the threats of pests and seed-borne diseases from other countries,” said Gerald Glen F. Panganiban, Bureau of […]

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: increased productivity, cost-effectiveness, and profitability of rice farming in a sustainable manner; improved rice trade through efficient postproduction, better product […]

In a study by Dr. David Richter and his colleagues, first-time and experienced mothers and fathers suffer at least six years of sleep deprivation after the mother gives birth. These advice will help the struggling mothers balance their duties at home and at work.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration recently announced the beginning of the rainy season. For rice farmers, this marked another period of tireless labor to produce the country’s main staple. While some get overwhelmed, Nueva Ecija farmer Julian Soteo, 64, never frets. He makes sure that his decisions are right, especially in nutrient management. Farmers’ ally Fertilizers are essential as they help nourish the crop and produce good […]

Sa pamamagitan ng PalayCheck System, nagagabayan ang mga magsasaka mula sa paggamit ng dekalidad na binhi hanggang sa tamang pagsisinop ng inaning palay.Bukod pa diyan, sama-sama silang natuto, kaya naman sama-sama rin ang pag-asenso ng bawat bida ng sakahan, ang magsasaka!

Kanin is life! (Rice is life!) No ulam is enticing and satisfying enough when it is served without rice. White rice makes every ulam extra special. But the milling and polishing processes it undergoes lower its nutritional value due to the removal of rice bran and rice germ. This now calls for consumers to consider eating the healthier and more colorful alternatives to white rice. العب روليت As we put […]