Written by the Web Team   Rice consumers concerned about reports that rice is linked to diabetes can rest assured that rice can be part of a healthy diet, with scientists finding that the glycemic index (GI) of rice varies a lot from one type of rice to another, with most varieties scoring a low to medium GI. The findings of the research, which analyzed 235 types of rice from […]

Written by the Web Team   Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), the country’s lead agency in rice research and development, is calling on scientists, researchers, and thesis students to avail of the Institute’s research fellowship program. Dr. Eufemio T. Rasco Jr, PhilRice executive director, said the program aims to provide career growth opportunities while helping the country achieve rice self-sufficiency. Research proposals fostering rice science for improved productivity and profitability […]

Written by the Web Team   PhilRice management and staff had entered into a new Collective Negotiations Agreement (CNA), which aims to boost employees’ welfare and improve the workplace. Eufemio T. Rasco Jr, PhilRice executive director, and Aurora M. Corales, Association of PhilRice Employees (APE) president, agreed on the third CNA after deliberations on six new articles and 49 new or improved sections formulated by the Workplace Consultative Council and […]

Written by the Web Team   An alternative farm technique that could help reduce rice production cost is benefitting farmers in three agrarian reform communities in Talavera, Nueva Ecija. No-tillage technology or preparing the field without plowing or harrowing had lessened land preparation time and expenses of farmer-cooperators in Dimasalang Sur, Brgy. Homestead II, and San Ricardo. In a Farmers’ Field Day and Forum in Brgy. Dimasalang Sur and Homestead, […]

Written by the Web Team   An expert of Japan-Philippines technical cooperation project had introduced a technique that aims to efficiently disseminate agricultural technologies in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Dr.  Hideyuki Kanamori, senior advisor of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), trained 35 ARMM-based extension workers on Process Description (PD) method in a recent training of trainers (TOT) series.   The training, co-implemented by Philippine Rice Research Institute […]

Written by the Web Team   Crop protection expert based at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) urged farmers to plant vegetables along rice bunds to help manage pests, during the Ecological Engineering in Pest Management seminar at PhilRice, May 24. Gertrudo S. Arida, division head of PhilRice Crop Protection Division said planting vegetables such as okra, kalabasa, talong provides food for egg parasitoids and shelter for predators. “Palayamanan® or […]

Written by the Web Team   The executive director of Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), urged the rice sector to consider green and smart initiatives to attain food security and sufficiency. Dr. Eufemio T. Rasco Jr highlighted energy in rice farming, mechanization, biotechnology, use of information and communication technologies, and upcoming Philippine Rice Academy as some green and smart initiatives that could help the country achieve rice self-sufficiency. Speaking in […]

Written by the Web Team   The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and Aurora province had agreed to a two-year project that aims to increase farm productivity in the Region III’s third largest land. Starting June, project stakeholders in Auroroa led by Gov. Bellaflor Angara-Castillo and PhilRice’s Technology Management and Services Division will promote recommended pest management practices and diversified farming after series of consultation with the farmers. Castillo, who […]

Written by the Web Team   Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) had tapped the potential of youth in Aurora to serve as infomediaries, or people who help others access information, through a three-day training at PhilRice Central Experiment Station in Nueva Ecija, May 7-9. Composing the core group of the Sagot ko ang magulang ko, a campaign to mobilize the Filipino youth to serve as infomediaries, 34 students from Maria […]

Written by the Web Team   Complete structure of rice plant can be preserved until four years using a plant preservation technique developed in Korea. Dr. Jeong-Kwon Nam, rice breeder from the National Institute of Crop Science of Korea’s Rural Development Authority, recently trained researchers of Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) on rice plant liquid preservation at the Korean Project on International Agriculture (KOPIA) Center based in Science City of […]