It’s a #PurpleWednesday at PhilRice Midsayap as it joins the nationwide and month-long celebration of Women’s Month with the theme: “WE for Gender Equality and Inclusive Society”. The station GADi team initiated a serenade session for all the ladies in the station, and champorado was also served for a healthier and more meaningful celebration. Mabuhay ang mga kababaihan! Happy Women’s Month, mga ka-palay! #PhilRiceMidsayap #PurpleWednesday

We are unstoppable. Amid the threat of COVID-19, we, together with our partners, continuously generate knowledge, develop high-yielding and cost-reducing technologies and practices, and deploy strategies to reach more rice farmers. In this issue of the magazine, we celebrate the triumphs of the farmers whose lives have changed for the better and share stories of the unceasing service of the Institute and its partners for the Filipino rice farmers from […]

On the only way to a farm in Mataragan, Malibcong, Abra. Rice researchers, extension workers, development communicators, and other stakeholders travail long, difficult, and sometimes dangerous trails just to produce and bring the best technologies to the most obscure fields – for their dedication to service and love for farmers outweigh all the risks and hardships. This issue presents their stories that might have been unnoticed but have brought change […]

Managing water resources has become extremely important with respect to major climate woes. In the Philippines, occurrences of El Niño have been more frequent in recent years, making it even more difficult for rice farmers to secure the irrigation water they need.

Bangladesh Parliament Member Tanvir Shakil Joy (2nd from R) lauded the good stand of Golden Rice NSIC 2022 Rc 682 GR2E (Malusog-1) during their visit on Sep. 30. Above, the Institute’s top officials share copies of the PhilRice Story Book to Joy and Sanjay Kumar Bhowmik (2nd from L) of the Ministry of Environment.

Sa patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng mga bilihin kabilang na rin ang gastusin sa pagpapalayan, mainam na subukang isapuso at isagawa ang mga diskarte sa pagsasaka nang makamit ang mataas na ani at kita sa paraang hindi masakit sa bulsa. Mula sa pagpili ng dekalidad na binhi, paggamit ng organiko at inorganikong pataba, madiskarteng pamuksa sa peste at sakit hanggang sa paggamit ng makina tulad ng transplanter at combine […]

Maguindanao farmers favored the Minus-One-Element Technique (MOET), a crop diagnostic tool that determines soil nutrient deficiency, during the Sep. 6 visit of DA-PhilRice Deputy Executive Director for Development Dr. Karen Eloisa T. Barroga in Sustainable Agricultural Farming Farm School at Brgy. Manungkaling, Mamasapano, Maguindanao. They reported that MOET is their guide in proper nutrient management, which lessens their costs in purchasing fertilizers.

There’s a hostile projection for companies that do not adopt new technologies. John Chambers, former executive chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems, estimated that “at least 40% of all businesses will die in the next 10 years… if they don’t figure out how to change their entire company to accommodate new technologies.” Thinking ahead even before Chambers’ prediction, DA-PhilRice has envisioned a digitally transformed system that will not only benefit […]