Written by the Web Team   With awards achieved this year, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) remains to be a leading research institute in the country. During the Institute`s awarding ceremonies on Nov. 6, executive director Eufemio T. Rasco Jr, lauded about 40 most outstanding staff. The award ceremonies are part of PhilRice 28th anniversary. “Congratulations to the outstanding employees who are recognized today….This year alone, we have achieved […]

Written by the Web Team   Be leaders. Ms Boots Anson-Roa, screen legend and civil servant urges the 37 Dangal ng PhilRice awardees to be transactional and transformational leaders. The award is given to the institute’s most outstanding staff. According to Anson-Roa, transactional leaders are akin to intelligence while the transformational leaders inspire for positive changes. Citing the Lebanese artist Kahlil Gibran, the multi-awarded actress and leader said, “You give […]

Written by the Web Team   Farmers who attended the the PhilRice Batac grand field day (FD) held on October 22 were convinced that it is possible to achieve higher yields with lower costs, which is what the Palayabangan: The 10-5 Challenge of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) wants to demonstrate. “This seems distant for now, but with the correct technology, it will be possible,” said Leo Inocencio, project […]

Written by the Web Team   Cook it brown.  PhilRice Batac launched on October 22 the  “101 Ways to Prepare Brown Rice” recipe book. It contains 26 original one-dish meal recipes, which is an offshoot of the National Year of Rice (NYR) Cookfest held during the Nutrition Month Celebration in July. Recipes were innovative products of the public elementary school teachers who served as the coaches of the pupils who […]

Written by the Web Team   Rice tillers in four barangays in Nueva Ecija had benefitted from the Farmers` Field School conducted by African trainees and supervised by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in the province`s Science City of Muñoz. Ludivico Natividad of Lupao, Nueva Ecija said his yield increased by two cavans by adopting PalayCheck, an integrated crop management system for rice, technology disseminated through the Institute`s season-long […]

Written by the Web Team   As the National Year of Rice (NYR2013) enters the last quarter of the year, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is calling for moves in 2014 to make the country`s rice economy competitive, sustainable, and resilient. According to Dr. Manuel Regalado, PhilRice deputy executive director for research, the Philippines imported only 200,000 tons (t) of rice this year, which is relatively lower from the […]

Written by the Web Team   Amid the ongoing debate on the country’s capability to achieve rice self-sufficiency, and the finger pointing on who is at fault for reportedly unstable rice prices, the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) said that it is high time that the issue on rice wastage be addressed thoroughly. Hazel Antonio, campaign director of the National Year of Rice 2013 (NYR2013), said that local […]

Written by the Web Team   More than 600 farmers from Regions 4A and 4B were recently congratulated for their hard work that will help the country achieve rice self-sufficiency. During the recent Farmers` Field Day in Los Baños, Laguna, local government officials, professors, and researchers, consultants and executives from different agencies extended their heartfelt gratitude to the 600 farmers from MIMAROPA and CALABARZON. The farmers were overwhelmed with the […]

Written by the Web Team   The mechanization of rice farms will result in the creation of more jobs, according to an engineer from the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). “Most farmers are hesitant to accept rice mechanization because they think this will displace them from work. But displaced workers in the farm can become farm machine operators, fabricators or technicians,” said Eden Gagelonia, PhilRice engineer and head of the […]

Written by the Web Team   Dr. Roel R. Suralta, one of the country`s pioneering researchers in root studies based at the Philippine Rice Research Institute, is one of this year`s Presidential Lingkod Bayan awardees. The Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award is “conferred on an individual or group for exceptional contributions resulting from an idea or performance that had nationwide impact on public interest.” Suralta was also conferred the Scientist I […]