Written by the Web Team   National Museum, the country’s official repository of natural history and ethnography, launches an exhibit on Philippine rice cultivation and culture at the Antonio and Aurora Tambunting Hall, Museum of the Filipino People, Dec. 17. Hazel V. Antonio, National Year of Rice (NYR 2013) campaign director, said the exhibit aims to create more appreciation on rice, its connection with other ecosystems, and how the changing […]

Written by the Web Team   Filipino performers emphasized the value of rice and its producers during the CelebRICE: A  RICEponsable Ako fair held at the Trinoma Activity Center, Dec. 10. In the concert participated by eight band groups and artists, Ebe Dancel, former lead vocalist and guitarist of the pop alternative band Sugarfree, told the crowd that he had been eating brown rice for three to four years owing […]

Written by the Web Team   Brown rice or unpolished rice products can be made as alternative to white rice in making the usual malagkit (glutinous rice) products. Dr. Lutgarda Palomar, a nutritionist and dietician, former professor of Food Science and Technology at the Visayas State University and an “Outstanding Filipino Women Scientist” awardee, said that if brown rice is used in place of white rice, production cost will be […]

Written by the Web Team   Not too young for modern agriculture. To fulfill youth`s role as infomediaries or searching information for their parents, a three-day training course on farm machinery operations and PalayCheck System were recently conducted to students and teachers. PalayCheck is an integrated crop management system for rice. The 28 students are under the K-12 modeling program with agriculture as course at Balagtas National High School in […]

Written by the Web Team   Students from elementary and high schools in Manila experienced harvesting rice in Rizal Park’s Rice Garden during the 11th Ceremonial Rice Harvesting and first ever Rice Mix Day on November 22. Jasmine Curtis-Smith, who was introduced as the Rice Ambassador, led the ceremonial harvesting, together with officials of Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Education (DepEd), and the city government of Manila. The ceremony […]

The National Year of Rice campaign team launched actress Jasmine Curtis-Smith as rice ambassador during its series of activities during the National Rice Awareness Month in November. As rice ambassador, Smith informs the public on the main advocacies of the campaign: not to waste rice, eat other food staples, and try brown rice to help the country achieve rice self-sufficiency and for the Fillipinos to have healthier lifestyle. She also […]

Breaking free dance. The Cebu Dancing Inmates support the National Year of Rice (NYR 2013) by performing the Palay Dance. The Palay Dance depicts farm activities such as plowing, monitoring, and harvesting. It also includes steps promoting the use of farm machines such as drum seeders, hand tractor, and reaper. The three-minute dance aims to encourage the public to be RICEponsible. A RICEponsible citizen eats brown rice, substitutes rice with […]

Written by the Web Team   Responding to the call to be RICEponsible, artists from the GMA Network Artist Center recited the Panatang  Makapalay (Pledge for Rice), which will soon be aired on radio and in the television. Aljur Abrenica, Kris Bernal, Louise delos Reyes, Julie Anne San Jose, Kylie Padilla, and Mark Herras said that as Filipnos, they pledge not to waste rice and consider serving or ordering rice […]

Rice to the challenge. Farmers and producers commit themselves to fair competition by signing a contract of participation, Dec. 3, for the Palayabangan: the 10-5 Season 2 challenge.  The competition, which started in the wet season of 2013, aims to produce 10t/ha yield at P5 input cost for every kilo of palay. Current average yield is about 4t/ha while input cost is about P11/k of palay. Joining this season`s competition […]

Written by the Web Team   Miss Universe third runner-up Ariella Arida joined the Run4Rice, an advocacy run that aims to promote ways on how to be “RICEponsible,” held at the UP Los Baños grounds, Nov. 24. Spearheaded by the Department of Agriculture, the activity is part of the other runs conducted simultaneously in 11 regions in the country, which encourages the public to reduce rice wastage, eat brown rice […]