Philippines – High-yielding varieties key to nation’s rice self-sufficiency

Source: Business Mirror15/07/2010 – Even without expanding areas planted to rice, an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said the use of high-yielding rice varieties would ensure that the Philippines would become self-sufficient in rice by 2013. “With limited or dwindling rice areas, the Philippines can still be self-sufficient and limit rice importation if…