Local government units (LGUs) that posted the highest performance in delivering certified seeds to farmers under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Seed Program were recognized during the recent National Assembly of City and Municipal Agriculture Offices. Forty-seven city and municipal LGUs and eight provincial LGUs received excellence awards for their performance during the 2025 wet season and 2026 dry season program implementation. The awardees included provincial LGUs from Oriental […]

Even with delayed funding, the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) sustained large-scale seed distribution and farmer support, reaching tens of thousands of farmers during  its 2025–2026 rollout. RCEF Seed Program reported in the 2025 annual review that 4.42 million bags of certified inbred seeds were distributed during the 2025 wet and 2026 dry seasons, enough to plant hundreds of thousands of hectares and give farmers wider access to high‑yielding, climate‑resilient […]

Para sa tag-ulan na taniman, inilunsad ng Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Seed Program ang proyekto na PalaySikatan 2.0, ito ay mas pinalawak na technology demonstration sa mga piling lugar. Sa PalaySikatan 2.0, ang mga rekomendadong binhi ng inbred na barayti kasama na ang iba pang makabagong teknolohiya sa pagsasaka ay ipapamalas sa mga palayan na may lawak na 50 ektarya kada site. Kada season, ang PalaySikatan 2.0 ay isasagawa […]

Inanunsyo ng Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund Seed Program na magpapamahagi ito nang higit 2.5 milyong sako ng dekalidad na libreng binhi sa mahigit na 1 milyong magsasaka sa 78 na target na probinsya sa bansa ngayong wet season.  Base sa datus nang  Rice Seed Monitoring System, umabot na sa halos 1,170,000 sako ng libreng dekalidad na binhi ang naipamahagi na sa 73 probinsya. Nasa 390,000 dito ang natanggap na ng […]

The Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Seed Program will launch RCEF PalaySikatan 2.0, a technology demonstration of cluster inbred rice production this wet season.  The initiative will be implemented in 25 sites across the country that will showcase the benefits of using quality inbred rice seeds, yield-enhancing and cost-reducing packages of technologies, farm mechanization, and digitalization.  Emphasizing a farm clustering approach, each site will feature a 50-hectare rice cluster to […]

Making machinery available and accessible to more farmers is a big challenge, but thanks to our partner manufacturers, it became possible. The two-decade partners PhilRice and Guimba, Nueva Ecija-based Val Agri signed a licensing agreement in 2020 to manufacture and commercialize the machines for land preparation and post-harvest, such as microtiller, laboy tiller, reversible flatbed dryer, and seed cleaner. Microtiller is a lightweight equipment used for tilling small-sized paddies, while […]

Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Seed Program has taken a significant step forward by allocating over 100,000 bags of certified inbred seeds to Central Luzon.  The program began with a kick-off ceremony in five provinces, with 116, 000 bags of inbred seeds distributed across 115 municipalities.  Aurora province received 9,940 bags, while Bataan is slated to receive 10,723 bags, Bulacan is set to be provided with 26,808 bags, Pampanga with […]

About 70 farmers in Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija are benefitting from a project funded by the Korea Partnership for Innovation of Agriculture (KOPIA). Through the project titled, “Development of the Pilot Village Project for the Establishment of Protective Cultivation and Postharvest Management of Vegetables,” members of the Buklod ng Nagkakaisang Magsasaka ng Batitang (BNMB) Farmers’ Association and Ugat-Uhay Farmers’ Association (UUFA) were trained on rice-based vegetable production. Following a recent week-long […]

Where will your P20 take you? While the P20/kg price tag for rice may seem a far-fetched idea, the SanGlad RiceBIS Farmers Association is turning this wish into a reality for the Midsayap residents. The association’s product was first purchased by the locals during the Lakbay Palay event of DA-PhilRice Midsayap last year. According to Merily Ortega, association president, the Rice Business Innovations System (RiceBIS) Community Program taught them the […]