Written by the Web Team   The researchers of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) demonstrated anew during the 63rd Philippine Society of Agricultural Engineers` (PSAE) Annual National Convention that they are among the best in the country. During the PSAE convention, which was held simultaneously with the 24th Agricultural Engineering Week at Cagayan State University, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, nine PhilRice studies won in the technical paper and poster competitions. […]

Written by the Web Team   Golden Rice is still under development and evaluation and may take many more years before it is commercially sold. The International Rice Research Institute said “it will be available to farmers and consumers only if it has been determined to be safe for humans, animals, and the environment and authorized for propagation and consumption by the appropriate regulatory authorities.” If Golden Rice is approved […]

Written by the Web Team   Rice wastage and healthy consumption are expected to be reduced and promoted in households under a new partnership between PhilRice and a social development organization operating nationwide. The one-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) that took effect June 7 promotes responsible rice consumption and good farming practices in keeping with the National Year of Rice observance. President Aquino III proclaimed NYR 2013 late last year […]

Written by the Web Team   The Department of Agriculture (DA), with the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) as lead, is kicking off a nationwide rice production competition dubbed as Palayabangan: The 10-5 Challenge starting this June. Palayabangan aims to level up the rice production standard to 10-5, that is, 10 tons/ha yield (or 200 cav) at only P5 input cost per kilogram of palay. The current average input cost […]

Written by the Web Team   PhilRice Los Baños trained 28 National Irrigation Systems staff and agricultural technicians (AT) from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist and Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Unit IV-A on the PalayCheck System at the Ouans Worth Farm and Family Resort, Lucena City, from May 6 to 10. This is just one of the series of trainings to be conducted under the Agricultural Support Component of […]

Written by the Web Team   The country is starting to resume its status as rice exporter. After 40 years, the Philippines is a rice exporter again, and shipped 35 metric tons (MT) of the staple consisting of 15 MT of organic black rice and 20 MT  of aromatic long grain rice to Dubai on May 6. A ceremonial send-off for Philippine rice exports led by the Department of Agriculture […]

Written by the Web Team   With over 400 participating researchers, Gina D. Balleras, an entomologist based at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Midsayap, won the 2013 Outstanding IAMURE Filipino Researcher award in the World Research Festival (WRF) held at  Marco Polo Hotel, Davao City on May 1-3. The WRF 2013 gives due recognition to “great achievements of individuals and institutions in the production, promotion, utilization and commercialization […]

Written by the Web Team   Returning scholars of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) are getting ready to make farming more profitable. In a recent meeting, executive director Eufemio T. Rasco Jr urged them to support  the “10-5 project,” PhilRice`s new initiative that aims to produce 10 t/ha at P5 input cost for a kilo of rice produced. Rasco said that average rice yield is around 4 t/ha while […]

United for rice. Supporting the National Year of Rice (NYR 2013), hundreds of Santiagueños in Isabela pledged to save rice during the Pattaraday festival, May 2.  Pattaraday, which means unity in Ybanag, is a celebration of the founding anniversary of Santiago City. Although Isabela is one of the country’s top 10 provinces cited as 2012 Agri-Pinoy Rice Achiever, its residences vowed to “eat what we could only consume and eat […]

Written by the Web Team   A bite for health; a toast for culture. The Asian Institute of Management Conference Center Manila and the Food for Life Bistro Concept Company, Inc. recently held a Tapuy Cooking and Cocktail Concoctions and Brown Rice Cooking Competition in Makati City. Fostering the advocacy of the National Year of Rice (NYR 2013), contest judge Alvin Lim said the “event doesn’t only show talents in […]