Written by the Web Team   The Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Unit 5 (DA-RFU 5) together with the DA-Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) have completed two seasons of multi-location field trials of Golden Rice in Camarines Sur. Golden Rice is a new type of rice that contains beta carotene, a source of vitamin A. These field trials form part of the Golden Rice project that the International Rice […]

Written by the Web Team   Dr. Roel R. Suralta, one of the country`s pioneering researchers in root studies based in Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), was conferred Scientist I by the Philippine Scientific Career Council (PSCC). Suralta was given the rank for publishing eight papers in the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)-indexed plant science journals and paper presentations in international and local scientific conferences. His papers highlight adaptive root […]

Written by the Web Team   Increased tie-ups with international firms are expected with the conferment of two engineers from the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) as new members of the ASEAN Engineering Register (AER). Established in 2001, AER is a trade register that provides complete database of practicing engineers within the ASEAN member-countries. Dr. Caesar Joventino M. Tado, PhilRice director for administration and one of the new members, said […]

Written by the Web Team   Here’s good news to our local rice-eating comrades: Philippine rice is arsenic-safe. “Unlike some 60 rices and rice products in the US that the Food and Drug Administration reported to contain cancer-causing arsenic, locally grown rice varieties are safe from it,” said PhilRice chemist Joy Bartolome Duldulao. Our local rices are safe as our irrigation water is arsenic-free. Arsenic is a naturally occurring metal […]

Written by the Web Team   More than a thousand farmer-leaders showed their support to the National Year of Rice (NYR) 2013, an advocacy campaign to help achieve rice self-sufficiency, during the National Convention of Food Staples Producers held at Manila Hotel, Dec. 14. In their platform of action and advocacy, members of rural-based organizations, small water impounding systems, and irrigators’ associations, crafted activities that will help promote NYR 2013 […]

Written by the Web Team   PhilRice communication researcher Jaime A. Manalo IV won the Best Qualitative Conference Paper Award during the recent International Conference on Communication and Media ’12  (i-COME ’12) in Penang, Malaysia. i-COME ’12 aimed to address communication and media issues such as challenges in the socio-economic and political agenda, cultural integration, and social reengineering. The conference gathered more than 120 researchers, members of the academe, and […]

Written by the Web Team   The Department of Education (DepEd) joins the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in promoting the value of rice to elementary and high school students. In his talk during the recent 10th ceremonial harvesting at the rice garden in Rizal Park, Manila, Br. Armin A. Luistro, Department of Education secretary, said 13 schools in Manila will set up rice gardens, tentatively called Palayan sa Paaralan, […]

Written by the Web Team   The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) launched the National Year of Rice (NYR) in the Visayas during the Foundation University’s Rice is Life Dumaguete Adventure Marathon, Nov. 18.   Lighting the lanterns shaped into NYR logo,  PhilRice executive director Eufemio T. Rasco Jr. said the logo’s colors, red, blue, and yellow, also the Philippine flag colors, symbolize the nationalism embedded in the campaign. The […]

Written by the Web Team   Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) backs up the call of Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III to work together for the country to end rice importation and aim for exportation. Dr. Eufemio T. Rasco Jr., PhilRice executive director, said the National Year of Rice is an opportunity for Filipinos to support the government`s commitment to set the record for rice self-sufficiency next year. “We give […]

Written by the Web Team   President Benigno S. Aquino III launched the National Year of Rice (NYR) 2013, a social marketing and advocacy campaign to help achieve rice self-sufficiency in the country, at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Central Experiment Station, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Nov. 13. On behalf of Aquino, Department of Agriculture (DA) Sec. Proceso J. Alcala marked the event with the unveiling of […]