Mas masaya ang magsasakang napalaki ang kanyang ani sa kabila ng maliit na puhunan. Sa pamamagitan ng iba’t-ibang estratehiyang nilalaman ng isyung ito, alamin king paano mapapataas ang iyong ani habang pinapababa ang iyong gastusin sa bukid!

PhilRice Magazine and PhilRice on Air (Bukid at Buhay) were recognized as Best Agricultural Magazine and Regional Agricultural Radio Program of the Year, respectively. The award was given by the Philippine Agricultural Journalists, Inc and San Miguel Corporation during the 2018 Binhi Awards held at Diamond Hotel in Makati, March 28.   Philippine Rice Research Institute was awarded by Bureau of Plant Industry-National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) as 2019 Outstanding Seed […]

  PhilRice Bicol – Hundreds of youth for agri. Almost a thousand students were introduced to the prospects in agriculture in an information caravan for youth held in Legazpi City, Albay, March 7. With the theme, “Kabataan sa Agrikultura, Para sa Bayang Masagana,” it aimed to create youth awareness on new farming technologies and government agricultural programs, and encourage them youth to pursue careers in agriculture. PhilRice in Ligao City, Albay and […]

Some experts maintain that targeting a national average rice yield level of 6t/ha is too much for achieving self-sufficiency and that 4.5t/ha would be enough. This might be true if the country is only interested in achieving self-sufficiency per se, disregarding competition from imported rice. But in the context of ASEAN economic integration, we must produce rice at a competitive price so that we will be able to profitably sell […]

After roughly a decade of fine-tuning and development, Rice Crop Manager (RCM) can also join the so-called #10yearchallenge, a trend flooding the social media when 2019 commenced. RCM facilitates better rice management practices through mobile or web app farm data collection for site-specific management recommendations.  Being the first rice farming mobile app, recalling its transformations and milestones in the last 10 years serves as a quick stocktaking of what have […]

So much disinformation has been spread about the negative impact of the Rice Tariffication Act on the local rice industry to the point that the buying price of palay has dropped from a high of P22 per kilo last year to P14 and P15 in some parts of the country now. In view of this, I have decided to address some basic questions to put an end to all the […]

The agriculture sector is faced with challenges this year: rice-security and farmers competing with the international rice market. Amidst these, the Institute recruits new staff and employs research fellows, not only for science, but to ensure that its discoveries and technologies are used for development in the rice sector. Excelling in their fields of expertise, Dr. Emmanuel R. Tiongco, Dr. Truong Hoai Xuan, Dr. Alexis T. Belonio, Thelma F. Padolina, […]

As we begin the year, let’s ask the Institute’s most loyal workers, who were awarded during the 2018 Dangal ng PhilRice, on what inspired them during their decades of work at the country’s lead agency on rice research for development. Serving their purpose Most of the loyalty awardees see their work as an opportunity to serve the Filipino farmers. “Working at PhilRice and experiencing the drive to help farmers and […]

PhilRice launched this week its first INTRANET service, allowing its employees to access various online and automated services in one central location. The INTRANET is like a portal to the entire PhilRice community, which provides resources, calendar, bulletins and ads, chat, email, memos, library, links to social media accounts, and more links as new systems come up. Its core systems were also upgraded and interconnected and are now accessible through […]

Early this month, our acting executive director, Dr. Sailila E. Abdula, shared the Institute’s milestones and its new goals. In this message, he encourages us to support the upcoming Rice Tariffication Act and be SAILILA: Strengthen and Advance Innovation, Linkages, Learning, and Advocacy. Read his full message below: Peace be with us and good morning! It’s another challenging, exciting, and successful year for PhilRice. We can give each other a […]