Posted by Allan Biwang Jr. Apr - 29 - 2021
Few months after a techno demo, adoption of two-wheeled lightweight machine for direct seeding known as plastic drumseeder had increased to 200% in Libungan, Cotabato. From seven rice farmers who participated in a 2020 wet season techno demo, 21 farmers have established their crops using plastic drumseeder this 2021 dry season. The machine was developed and promoted by the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice). Victorino Dumanig, […]
Posted by Aileen Shaye Fontanilla Apr - 27 - 2021
Jehanel V. Soriano, 24, has set her heart out in agriculture. She is an agricultural enterprise entrepreneur, farmer, and farm school owner. Born and raised in llagan, City, Jehanel started as an enumerator in her alma mater, the Central Luzon State University in Nueva Ecija for five years, and as a market inspector of DA-Cagayan Valley Research Center in Isabela for a year. An agricultural business management graduate, she eventually […]
Posted by Allan Biwang Jr. Dec - 23 - 2020
Over 236,000 farmers across the country are benefitting from the 1.2 million bags of certified inbred seeds released to local government units by the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)-Seed Program on its third season of implementation. “PhilRice in partnership with provincial and municipal LGUs have been working non-stop despite the pandemic restrictions to deliver and distribute the certified inbred seed requirements of farmers listed in the Registry System for Basic Sectors […]
Posted by philrice-admin Nov - 17 - 2020
Responding to the impact of the succeeding typhoons in 2020 last quarter, DA-PhilRice launched donation drives for Bicol and Cagayan. DA-PhilRice provided cash assistance to PhilRice Bicol staff totaling P200,000 brought about by two devastating typhoons that hit the region late last year. In-kind relief assistance that included rice, grocery items, clothes, and personal essentials, among others, were also distributed in Isabela communities. About 100 volunteers and donors supported the […]
Posted by Web Team Jun - 4 - 2019
About 70 PhilRice Midsayap staff were trained on crafting PhilRice Gender and Development agenda.
Posted by Donna Cris Corpuz Mar - 31 - 2019
PhilRice Midsayap Experiment Station opens its 31st founding anniversary by boosting camaraderie and gender sensitivity among its staff.
Posted by Donna Cris Corpuz Mar - 26 - 2019
To increase awareness on gender sensitivity, PhilRice Los Baños held a seminar titled, “Breaking the Bonds of Sexism: Gender Sensitivity and Its Application to PhilRice.”
Posted by Donna Cris Corpuz Mar - 25 - 2019
School children from Tabug Elementary School in Batac City, Ilocos Norte pledge not to waste rice after participating in a mobile Rice Science Museum exhibit.
Posted by Donna Cris Corpuz Mar - 24 - 2019
Farmer’s testimony. Myrna Nieves of San Mateo, Isabela, shares to her fellow farmers that direct-seeding rice with drum seeder can help reduce production cost and increase yield. Lisez la suite pour en savoir plus sur l’ impuissance et comment le https://asgg.fr/ pilules peut le traiter efficacement. About 50 farmers learned this technology from her in a Farmers’ Field Day recently conducted by PhilRice Isabela.
Posted by Donna Cris Corpuz Mar - 23 - 2019
Women-farmers revered. High school students in San Mateo, Isabela honored the women farmers this Women’s Month through arts. The young artists portrayed the role of women in rice farming. Artworks were exhibited in the town’s municipal hall.
