by Jerlyn Molidor | Feb 3, 2017 | News
The National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) has recently approved 25 new varieties developed by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), Philippine-Sino Center for...
by Jerlyn Molidor | Dec 27, 2016 | News
After almost two decades of testing and implementation around the world, the “Green Super Rice” is starting to have a dramatic effect on crop yields. In the Philippines, more than 5,000 hectares are being planted and some 90,000 tons of rice are expected to be...
by Jerlyn Molidor | Mar 15, 2016 | News
New rice varieties that will enable growing of the crop with less pesticides, less fertilizers and less water have showed yields of 20-30 times more than traditional ones under trials on farmers’ fields. Read on.
