Written by the Web Team   The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), the country’s lead agency in rice science and development, has launched pages on Facebook and Twitter to promote dialogue among rice stakeholders and serve as journalists’ reporting tool. The “Rice Matters” page is “intended to be a platform where progressive farmers, extension workers, journalists, and the general public could immediately access, post, and comment on rice-related information and […]

Written by the Web Team   Extension workers and other intermediaries can better help rice farmers this wet season, the planting time when rice crop are more susceptible to pests, through the Pinoy Rice Knowledge Bank (www.pinoyrkb.com) or PinoyRice. Maintained by the Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture (OpAPA), PinoyRice is a one-stop source of information on Philippine rice production featuring agricultural information resources developed by Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), […]

Written by the Web Team   Famers` participation in selecting blast-resistant rice varieties planted in the community is the key to manage blast, a study of the Crop Protection Division (CPD) of Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) showed. The team of Dr. Truong Hoai Xuan, who led the study, Ecological Risk Management of Blast Endemic in Rainfed Lowland Rice, assisted rice farmers of Brgy. San Francisco, Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija […]

Written by the Web Team   The Philippine Society of Agricultural Engineers recognized the work of engineers based at Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) during its 61st Annual National Convention in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte. The paper, Regulated deficit irrigation for rice-based watermelon under Ilocos condition of Noel D. Ganotisi, Romel A. Batuac, and Reynaldo C. Castro, was adjudged best paper in irrigation, soil, water, and Geographical Information System […]

Written by the Web Team   Dr. Evelyn B. Gergon, plant pathologist of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice),  was conferred the G.O. Ocfemia Outstanding Plant Pathologist Award in Research by the Philippine Phytopathological Society, Inc. during the recent 42nd Anniversary and Annual Scientific Conference of the Pest Management Council of the Philippines, Inc. Gergon, head of PhilRice’s Germplasm and Seed Health Division, was recognized for her pioneering research in […]

Written by the Web Team   NSIC Rc214 (Tubigan 16) and Rc212 (Tubigan 15), rice varieties bred by the International Rice Research Institute, outperformed other varieties tested in the Location-Specific Technology Development (LSTD) project sites of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Mindanao. The varieties, released in 2009, were found to be more productive by farmers in Asuncion and Tagum City, Davao del Norte; Veruela, Agusan del Sur; and […]

Written by the Web Team   Farmers in the province of Aurora are adopting PalayCheck®, an integrated crop management system for rice developed mainly by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), to help the province in its bid to be known as the country`s “haven of fancy rice.” Rolando C. San Gabriel, lead of the AURora`s ORganically Grown Aromatic Rice (Aurora) projects, said 22 farmers who are planting Basmati rice […]

Written by the Web Team   The Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines, Inc (FCSSP) recognized researchers of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) during  the societies’ 21st Scientific Conference held in Legazpi City, May 9-14. Dr. Flordeliza Bordey of the Socioeconomics Division, author of the paper Productivity of rice farming in the Philippines: patterns and sources, won the best paper under the socioeconomics category. Her paper examined […]

Written by Web Team   Mobile Rice Teknoklinik or technology clinics are reaching the fourth and fifth class municipalities in Central Luzon to address farming problems and issues. With speakers from the Technology Management and Services Division (TMSD) of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), the consultation activity provides avenue for farmers to consult, discuss, diagnose, analyze, and find solutions to their problems with rice experts, researchers, extentionists, and fellow […]

Written by the Web Team   Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) urged the new graduates of its Rice Science Training Course (RSTC) and Farmers’ Field School (FFS) to sustain and improve good rice production without depending much on government interventions. In a recent mass graduation rite conducted at the Institute`s Central Experiment Station in Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Ruben B. Miranda, PhilRice officer-in-charge, said training participants, particularly farmers, […]