BETTER MENTAL HEALTH. Building mental resilience is a critical life skill that one needs to take to heart, Majella Tumangan-Villaroman, President and CEO of myCORD Corporation, said during the culmination of the Women’s Month celebration at DA-PhilRice. MyCORD Corporation is an international Employee Assistance Program Provider in the Philippines with a digital platform that connects mental health counselling, and life coaching, crisis, and people management. Conducted through Zoom and livestreamed […]

The newly-culminated Farmer Field School (FFS) training under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund – Rice Extension Services Program produced 125 farmers from Bulacan, who will graduate April 2. The farmers expressed eagerness in applying the knowledge they learned during their 3.5-month training at the Hacienda Angelita Nature’s Farm. They were trained on producing high-quality inbred seeds, seed certification, and farm mechanization; and were supervised by the Technical Education And Skills […]

MORE RICE TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE SHARERS. More sharers of knowledge are now ready to assist rice farmers in rice pest and nutrient management. Through a five-day online course, DA-PhilRice trained 24 researchers and field staff from Corteva Agriscience Philippines, Inc., a private agricultural and seed company based in Tarlac City, on pest identification and management, including the recommended ICT-based tools and technologies for nutrient management based on the PalayCheck System for […]

COLLABORATION FOR BETTER SERVICE. DA-PhilRice Batac will assist the local government units of Piddig, Ilocos Norte and Tagudin, Ilocos Sur in capacity enhancement and training farmers on rice production based on the PalayCheck system. The station will also introduce Palayamanan – a diversified and integrated rice-based farming system, and Rice Business Innovation Systems (RiceBis) as interventions to the programs of the LGUs. The branch station will also tap the help […]

The DA-PhilRice Agusan RCEF group, in coordination with the Davao de Oro Provincial Agriculture Office, pilot-tested the Rice Crop Manager (RCM) application in Montevista. RCM is designed to generate fertilizer recommendations. Over 50 farmers from selected areas participated in the activity. A validation of land area, through Global Positioning System (GPS), helped determine the accurate fertilizer recommendation for each farmer-beneficiary. Together with IRRI, this is under a DA-integrated approach involving […]

DA-PhilRice Los Baños has fully achieved its targeted delivery of 99,100 sacks of RCEF seeds and 41,800 tekno-kalendaryo to 79 municipalities in Cavite, Laguna, and Quezon for the 2022 dry season before the end of 2021. Thanks to the DA-Region IV-A and the LGUs of the RCEF-covered municipalities for their assistance. The LGUs also oversee the distribution of the seeds and calendars. Despite the distances and narrow roads that posed […]

Twenty-eight farmer-leaders and agricultural technologists in Tagudin, Ilocos Sur recently completed the Short Course Training on Pest and Nutrient Management under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Extension Services Program. The participants hurdled the 5-day intensive training facilitated by the PhilRice Batac RCEF Training Management Team in collaboration with the Local Government Unit of Tagudin. The training focused on identifying and diagnosing pests and diseases, and nutrient deficiency.

OK WITH NEW KNOWLEDGE. Taking lessons from the infestations of the fall army worms, 25 farmers in Diffun, Quirino recently underwent a five-day training on pest and nutrient management. Anchored on the PalayCheck System, an integrated crop management system for rice, training sessions emphasized the recommendations on managing major rice pests such as stem borers and rice black bug, and diseases such as bacterial leaf blight and tungro. Recommendations include […]

PEST AND NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY BUSTERS. The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) in Batac City, Ilocos Norte recently trained 26 rice specialists on pest and nutrient management. Pest management is critical on rice production as failure in this area could lead to an estimated annual average loss of 37%. Meanwhile, excessive nutrients will cause pest damage, lodging, and soil pollution. The participants, who underwent training for three days, were […]

MINUS-ONE BUT PLUS YIELD. Farmers in Catanauan and Lopez, Quezon learn about the Minus-One Element Technique (MOET) in a recent five-day training conducted by the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) and Quezon local government unit. MOET is a farmer-friendly and quick soil analysis kit used in diagnosing soil nutrient status including nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, and copper. DA-PhilRice developed MOET to address high cost of soil chemical test, […]