Philippines – Mechanization, credit promise upside for rice
PHILIPPINE rice production can improve in several areas including irrigation, credit, insurance and labor costs, Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said.
Philippines – Philippines plans to preserve highland rice varieties
Source: Gulf News 20/06/2015 – The Philippine government and non-government organisations have joined hands to preserve, nurture and market highland rice varieties from the northern Cordillera region for the health conscious, sources said, adding efforts include finding more varieties and reviving nearly extinct ones to make organic rice more affordable. Some 300 “heirloom rice varieties”…
Philippines – College grads energize PH rice farming
The new Filipino farmer is educated and younger, age between 40 and 59.
Philippines – Gates Foundation backs IRRI Research into healthier, hardier rice
According to a press release from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), senior officers from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) recently visited their facilities to see the progress of ongoing research projects.
Philippines – Germany sign agreements on improving rice and abaca output
The collaborative project is facilitated by the GIZ among German private and public sector institutions through the German Food Partnership of the German Federal Ministry of Development Cooperation.
Philippines – Filipinos urged to stop wasting rice
Education Secretary Armin Luistro urged schools nationwide to actively participate in the observance of National Rice Awareness Month in November, saying the amount of rice Filipinos waste every day could feed 2.5 million people a year and adds up to more than P7 billion annually.
Philippines – Rice sufficiency seen possible via increased demand for other staples
Increased demand for alternative staples may enable the Philippines to become sufficient in rice sooner than expected, an Agriculture official said over the weekend.
Philippines – Rice yields go up along with imports
From 2011 to 2014, the International Rice Research Institute said the country posted the highest growth in yield with the average yield hitting three to four metric tons per hectare last year.
Philippine – Rice is a flexible crop – PhilRice
Flexibility is one thing that rice can boast of as a living organism, PhilRice Executive Director Eufemio T. Rasco Jr. said. This he noted in the midst of abnormal weather challenges that confront rice production.
A miracle rice could save millions of lives
From the beginning, Golden Rice was conceived as a project that could significantly improve global health, even though it seemed terribly futuristic when it was first proposed.