Written by the Web Team   A simple formula forwarded by a Department of Agriculture official showed the country achieved a 98-percent self-sufficiency level in rice last year. A memorandum to Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala by Assistant Secretary Dante S. Delima said with improved crop yields, the country may actually be gunning for 103-percent self-sufficiency for the first semester of this year. This figure would beat the schedule for […]

Written by the Web Team   Promoting brown rice, an advocacy of the National Year of Rice (NYR 2013), kicked off this year’s Diabetes Awareness Week Campaign in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija. The Diabetes Awareness Week is an annual campaign started in 1993 through the Presidential Proclamation 213 issued by former President Fidel Ramos. In Nueva Ecija, the activity is led by the Nueva Ecija Medical Society (NEMS), a component […]

Written by the Web Team   Where do you teach the public how to conserve rice, or be RICEponsible? Definitely, in a place where the mind is conducive for learning. The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in  partnership with the Bonifacio Art Foundation unveiled the National year of Rice (NYR2013) exhibit at the Mind Museum, June 25. The Mind Museum, located in Global City, Taguig, is the first science museum […]

Written by The Manila Times   While the Aquino administration sees the Philippines achieving record palay (unmilled rice) production this year, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is asking Filipinos to be “RICEponsible” which can help the country achieve 100-percent self-sufficiency in the staple. With the year 2013 dubbed as the “National Year of the Rice (NYR2013) through Presidential Proclamation No. 494,” the Department of Agriculture also plans to tap […]

Written by the Web Team   Rice means a lot to the Philippines, because it is the country’s staple food, the crop grown in more farmlands, and a historical testament to the ingenuity of its forefathers. And the best way to show the meaning of rice to the whole country is through photographs that can speak volumes about the staple. In line with the celebration of the National Year of […]

Written by the Web Team   It’s the teachers turn to be students – in farming. As part of the Sagot ko ang magulang ko: Isang kampanya upang hikayatin ang mga kabataang maging infomediaries, PhilRice trained more than 60 teachers of Department of Education’s Technical Vocational Unit on the infomediary module. The infomediary module is composed of a series of modules on rice production and information hubs in Philippine agriculture. […]

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 […]