LAGUNA – The provincial government turned over agricultural machinery and equipment to 30 farmer cooperatives and associations at the Laguna Provincial Capitol in Sta. Cruz on Monday, April 17. The distribution was made possible through the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has assured the public that the country has ample supply of rice and that his administration is doing its best to control the price of the staple grain....
ILOILO CITY – Farmers in Western Visayas have been urged to plant early in preparation for this year’s El Niño weather phenomenon. "Right now, we are encouraging our local government units (LGUs) to help us inform and guide the farmers in the early planting activities,” said Engr. Jose Albert...
By Henrylito D. Tacio Almost everyone on the planet now knows what climate change is. It refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, such as through variations in the solar cycle. But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of...
The potential revival of the Masagana 99 program should have a higher target yield of palay (unhusked rice) in order to fulfill President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s election campaign promise of P20-per-kilo rice. Thus, said administration solon Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay...
For P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon, the agricultural math simply doesn't allow for rice to be sold at P20 per kilo. "Paano.magiging P20 ang bigas kung ang fertilizer more than 3K per bag ? #mgainutil (How can rice retail for P20 per kilo if fertilizers cost more than 3K per bag?)" Guazon...
The government is close to achieving his campaign promise of P20 per kilo of rice, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Thursday, March 16, as he launched the first "Kadiwa ng Pangulo" initiative in the Bicol region. Speaking during the Kadiwa launch in Pili, Camarines Sur, the...
By JAMES TABABA The Philippine Rice Research Institute (Philrice) is a government agency under the Department of Agriculture that is mandated to help develop high yielding and cost-reducing technologies for farmers, leading to rice security for Filipinos. Their mission is to improve the...
Davao del Norte 1st district and former House Speaker, Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez floated on Tuesday, Feb. 21 the possibility of the Philippines being a future exporter of "good" cannabis or marijuana. (Getty images) Alvarez made these remarks during the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs' deliberation...
For a Filipino, a meal is not complete without rice, so much so that our country is among the world’s top rice consumers. Even with this high demand, the equation seems off — our country, which was once the world’s top rice producer, is now among the top importers surpassing Japan and the US....
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza To say that it began as a dream is to make the story sound like a fairy tale. But the rise of hybrid rice is a true story, as real as food for the stomach. As told by the man whose advocacy is to plant the right kind of seeds to make millionaires out of farmers, Henry Lim...
For Filipino farmers, hybrid seeds are no longer needed for the country to achieve rice self-sufficiency. Peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) hit the national government’s plan to maximize the use of hybrid seeds, calling it “more disadvantageous than helpful.” (Manila...
