As the country works to strengthen support for farmers, a rice grower who lost his eyesight continues to cultivate his land with the help of his son, showing how family support and access to government programs can help sustain agriculture. At the edge of his rice field in Brgy. Tariken, Sultan Mastura, Abdulkadir T. Adam listens closely as his son describes what he sees—the color of the leaves, the presence […]

Seed distribution is now just a QR code scan away in Santo Niño, South Cotabato, following the successful implementation of Binhi e-Padala—a digital system developed by DA-Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) to distribute free Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) inbred certified seeds. The municipality, under PhilRice Midsayap’s area of responsibility, distributed its total allocation of over 8,000 bags of certified seeds to more than 2,000 farmers across 10 barangays, covering […]