Written by the Web Team   More than 500 Ateneans and university professors based in Naga City are joining the youth in their pledge to conserve rice to help the country attain rice self-sufficiency by 2013. In a recent student forum conducted to encourage youth to contribute in nailing the country’s goal, college students in Ateneo de Naga University said they will “consider ordering rice that they can consume and […]

Written by the Web Team   Officials in the rice sector stressed the need for farmers’ education in attaining rice self-sufficiency during the Farmers’ Field Day and Forum conducted at the Central Experiment Station of Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), Sept. 20. Director Dante de Lima, national coordinator for rice and corn, said that volunteer technicians or farmers from local communities will be formed across the country to educate farmers […]

Written by the Web Team   Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija – Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala, together with Africans, Koreans, and Filipino farmers will converge at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Central Experiment Station here for this year’s second Farmers’ Field Day and Forum on Sept. 20. The bi-annual event will highlight the latest developments in rice science such as improved rice cultivars from Korea and the […]

Written by the Web Team   Installing high intensity light with 2,000-3,000 watts during heavy infestations can help manage the attack of rice black bugs (RBB), a Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) entomologist said. “Our studies show that these sap-sucking pests are strongly attracted to high intensity light. So, during outbreaks like the recent infestations in Cavite, a super light set up every night can catch the most number of […]

Written by the Web Team   Some 6,000 students and staff of Benguet State University (BSU) swore to conserve rice at a National Rice Awareness gathering at the BSU campus in La Trinidad, Benguet, Aug. 25. The pledgers said, “We will always find ways to save every grain of rice to help the country achieve rice self-sufficiency.” A BS Development Communication student suggested that Filipinos should refrain from throwing overcooked […]

Written by the Web Team   The People`s Republic of China will help increase the productivity of Filipino farmers for the next five years as the second phase of its technical cooperation project begins this month. To be implemented until 2016, the Philippine-Sino Center for Agricultural Technology (PhilSCAT) project, aims to breed new hybrids using the Philippine’s local and China`s rice germplasm and to introduce China`s hybrid rice varieties in […]

Written by the Web Team   Dr. Gelia T. Castillo, national scientist and member of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Board of Trustees, challenged Mindanao farmers to improve their yield during the Farmers’ Field Day and Forum in PhilRice Agusan in Basilisa, Remedios T.  Romualdez, Agusan del Norte, Sept. 22. Close to 1,000 farmers, students, representatives of local government units, and members of the press from Regions 10, 11, […]

Written by the Web Team   Farmers can soon cut on fuel expenses as the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) tests the efficiency of its developed biofuel on machines. The plan is an offshoot of a recent lecture by Dr. Rico O. Cruz, an expert on biofuel from Oregon, USA, who promoted Cruzesterification, a process of producing biodiesel from used vegetable oils. “Producing biodiesel using Cruzesterification makes the production of […]

Written by the Web Team   Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija – To help farmers respond to the challenges of achieving rice self-sufficiency in two-years time, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) donated books yesterday to the Farmers’ Information and Technology Services (FITS) centers in municipalities with location-specific technology development sites. “[As a one-stop information shop on agriculture], FITS is a good partner in bringing our innovations to the […]

Written by the Web Team   Farmers in Central Mindanao experience the benefits of controlled irrigation (CI), a technology being promoted by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), in efficiently managing water supply and increasing rice yield. A water-saving technology, CI lessens farmers` fear of water delay when the soil surface of their fields becomes dry. Through CI, irrigation is controlled through observation wells installed in the fields 15-20 cm […]