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As rice variety studies are in continuous full-swing in the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), delegates from the rice breeding innovation assured that the drought-tolerant rice seeds would be able to improve yield, lessen the farmer’s operating expenses, and provide benefits to...

By Henrylito D. Tacio American Baptist minister and activist Martin Luther King, Jr. once said: “Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of...

Rice is a staple food for more than 3.5 billion people around the world. Sustainable rice production plays a significant role in ensuring food security for many communities.  Carp living with rice plants in a co-culture experiment. (Photo from Lufeng Zhao) However, like many other monoculture...

Mindanao has tapped a technology from Israel to expand its experiment of growing its irrigated upland rice farms. MinDA Chair Emmanuel Piñol said his agency recently led the establishment of 10 demo areas using Israel's pressurized irrigation and fertigation technology as it continues to explore...