Posted by Web Team May - 7 - 2015
Maligaya, Science City of Muñoz – The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), through its Infomediary Campaign, is training secondary school agriculture teachers on “Climate-smart agriculture and rice production.” The training, in partnership with the Department of Education’s Technical-Vocational Unit, uses the Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) module developed by the Infomediary Campaign to incorporate climate change as a component of major agriculture subjects in technical-vocational schools. The training focuses on climate change-ready […]
Posted by Web Team May - 4 - 2015
To inspire the Filipinos on their campaign for rural transformation, the Korea Project on International Agriculture (KOPIA) Center based at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) emphasized the values that have helped Korea become one of the world’s richest countries. Dr.Jeong Taek Lee, KOPIA director, said in a recent seminar that self-help, diligence, and cooperation, led to the success of Saemaul Undong, a rural transformation movement spearheaded by President Park […]
Posted by Web Team Apr - 28 - 2015
The Philippine Society of Agricultural Engineers (PSAE) recognized agricultural engineers of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) for their outstanding contribution to their own fields of expertise during the 65th PSAE Annual Convention held in General Santos City, April 19-25. PhilRice Deputy Executive Director for Research Dr. Manuel Jose C. Regalado won the Most Outstanding Agricultural Engineer (Maramba Award), the highest recognition given during the event. Dr. Ricardo F. Orge, […]
Posted by Web Team Apr - 24 - 2015
Dr. Ricardo F. Orge, scientist I and Coping with Climate Change Program lead of Philippine Rice Research Institute is the 2015 Gawad Saka Outstanding Agricultural Scientist for Central Luzon. Hosted by the Department of Agriculture, Gawad Saka Award is an annual search for outstanding achievers in agriculture and fisheries. A conferred scientist in 2009, Orge’s more than 20—year of research work was focused on developing machines/equipment that would help […]
Posted by Web Team Apr - 24 - 2015
The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHIL) cited the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) for filing the most number of patents and Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications. The award, called the “Anak ni Juan,” is given to PhilRice Intellectual Property Office for submitting six patents and Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications under the office’s Patent Protection Incentive Package (PPIP), also coined as “Juan’s Thousand Inventions.” More than 80 Innovation […]
Posted by Web Team Apr - 17 - 2015
Better extension service can be expected from the pilot batch of 25 Luzon agricultural technologists and development officers who completed a 5-month training at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), April 17. Titled Enabling the AgRiDOC: A new breed of rice extensionists, the course did not only prime the pilot batch of AgRiDOCs or Agricultural Development Officers of the Community as transmitters of technologies from research centers but as catalysts […]
Posted by Web Team Apr - 13 - 2015
Close to 4,000 farmers were updated with the latest technologies through the Lakbay-Palay conducted at the Philippine Rice Research Institute in Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, April 14-15. Celia Abadilla, activity lead coordinator, said that FutureRice Farm, breeder seed production, and on-farm learning center were among the stations where visiting farmers, mostly from the country’s rice granary, learned new technologies. Promoting technologies that are clean, green, practical, and smart, the […]
Posted by Mary Grace Nidoy Mar - 30 - 2015
To reduce poverty and hunger, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has increased its investments on agriculture through the Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP) implemented with research institutes and public agencies. The program, which covers rice, white corn, saba, cassava, and sweet potato, implements projects aiming for adoption of yield-enhancing technologies, increasing income, and improving delivery of extension and research services. Dr. V. Bruce J. Tolentino, deputy director general for communications […]
Posted by Web Team Mar - 25 - 2015
The Department of Agriculture and its partner institutions are pilot-testing a new training curriculum that aims to mold new breed of extension workers called AgRiDOC or Agricultural Development Officers of the Community. As a pilot-test to 25 extensionists in Luzon, the training curriculum consists of six modules covering principles and values of transformational leadership and development work, interactions with agriculture advocates, coping mechanisms in the extension system, and modern technologies […]
Posted by Web Team Mar - 25 - 2015
A season-run Farmers’ Field School (FFS) had improved the practices and knowledge of rice growers in Victoria, Tarlac. Charisma Love Gado, senior science research specialist at Philippine Rice Research Institute, found that farmer-cooperators of an International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-funded project became more skilled, knowledgeable, and confident after project implementation. According to Gado, the rice sector banks on extension as a pathway in increasing productivity as it can influence […]
