The Department of Agriculture (DA), in partnership with PhilRice and the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), is conducting an island-wide training of trainers from DA regional offices and selected provinces on the Production and Exchange of High-Quality Inbred Rice Seeds from April 18 to 19. According to Dr. Karen Eloisa T. Barroga, PhilRice’s acting deputy executive director for development, this training is part of the new DA project called Farmers’ […]

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is assisting the indigenous people (IP) in Sarangani to protect their traditional rice varieties (TRVs). “We have been waiting for this move from the government to conserve our traditional varieties. The entire IP community fully supports this project,” expresses Mr. Celito C. Terando, provincial government project manager of Sulong Tribu. As Sarangani is one of the areas most vulnerable to drought, preserving the seeds […]

  The Agricultural Training Institute in Region 1 (ATI-RTCI) hailed PhilRice Batac as one of the awardees in the Sambayanang Itinataguyod ang Kaalamang Agrikultura at Pangisdaan (SIKAP) in recognition of the station’s long-standing support to the agency’s projects and activities in line with agriculture development. PhilRice Batac Acting Branch Director, Dr. Mary Ann U. Baradi said the award was one of the few bestowed to a government agency, which is […]

  About 1, 500 participants composed of farmers, students, extension workers, and researchers will participate in this year’s week-long Lakbay Palay Dry Season at the PhilRice Central Experiment Station in Maligaya, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, April 3- 6. Lakbay palay is a field day held by PhilRice twice a year (during the dry and wet seasons) to showcase its rice farming technologies to a wide range of rice […]

Farmers of Esperanza, Agusan del Sur are now worry-free of the rice black bug (RBB), a pest that can reduce yield by 10-23% at 10 RBB per hill. This is after the local government unit of Esperanza formally turned over 50 units of light trap to all rice-producing barangays in the municipality in support to the community-wide light trapping campaign on March 9, 2018. As to how the light trap […]

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) was cited for its initiatives in communicating agricultural development during the recent Binhi Awards held March 22 at the Makati Diamond Residences in Makati City. Established in 1978, Binhi Awards is an annual competition organized by the Philippine Agricultural Journalists Inc. in cooperation with the San Miguel Corporation that recognizes communication efforts in the agriculture, environment, and agrarian reform sector. Jayson C. Berto, PhilRice […]

Women-farmers spend more time and receive lower wage than their male counterparts! This is being showcased in the exhibit at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Maligaya, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija in celebration of the Women’s Month this March. In the exhibit titled, “The Land Nurturers,” photo stories show that women outnumber the men by 2% during planting season. They also spend two days more than the […]

Farmers no longer have to worry about low yield caused by water-related stress as the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has developed some stress-resistant rice varieties. Christopher Cabusora, a plant breeder of the PhilRice Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Division, explained in a seminar titled “Variety Development Adapted to Adverse Rice Environments through Induced Mutation” held at the PhilRice Central Experiment Station on March 8 that rice varieties are highly vulnerable […]

Despite reports on La Niña expecting to last until March from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), climate change experts from PhilRice advise farmers to remain calm as the effects may not be detrimental but at the same time urge them to be always prepared. “The effects of La Niña vary around the world. In the Philippines, it brings more rains while in other countries, the usual […]

The Philippine Rice Research (PhilRice) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have continued building a strong partnership to overcome the challenges in rice breeding, as discussed in the seminar “Breeding End to End: Integrating Genotype Data and Phenotype Data into a Unified Product Development Strategy” at the PhilRice Central Experiment Station, February 20. Dr. Joshua N. Cobb, lead of IRRI’s project on rice breeding for favorable environments, was the […]