CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) has allotted some 246,000 bags of certified inbred seeds for distribution to rice farmers in the provinces of Tarlac, Nueva Ecija and Zambales this wet planting season.
During the kickoff seed distribution ceremony held at the Diwa ng Tarlac Convention Center in Tarlac City on Thursday, some 300 farmers in the province initially received inbred rice seeds weighing 20 kilos each.
More than 78,000 sacks of certified inbred rice seeds are set to be distributed to rice farmers in Tarlac.