The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) is set to develop a rice data warehouse that will be accessible to the public, especially the decision and policy making bodies at different government levels for decision and policy formulation. Nehemiah L. Caballong, project proponent, said that the PhilRice Data Analytics Initiative Project (RiceLytics) aims to enhance baselining and forecasting of status of rice farmers and the rice industry in the […]

Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice), together with other public and private seed companies, has established technology demonstration  farms on hybrid rice in support of the DA’s Rice Resiliency Project under the administration’s Plant, Plant, Plant Program. This dry season, the Institute has established 19 techno-demo farms nationwide with a total area of 13ha showcasing the public hybrid rice Mestizo 1 or M1 (PSB Rc 72H) and Mestiso 20 […]

Truthful labelling of local rice by retailers will remain a national concern unless stringent policies and standards are strengthened and fully enforced. In the November 2020 celebration of the National Rice Awareness Month (NRAM), Alice B. Mataia, Policy Research and Advocacy Project lead of the DA-PhilRice, underscored the importance of labelling to maintain locally produced rice’s standards of quality, safety, identity, and origin. As the local food system is under […]

Two PhilRice experts were recently conferred with scientist rank by the Scientific Career Council (SCC) for their significant contribution in the field of research and development. Mr. Dindo King M. Donayre, a senior science research specialist of the PhilRice Crop Protection Division, focuses his research and has published 12 scientific papers on topics relating to weed science, plant pathology, and pest management. He has also authored a book on Weeds […]