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PBBM admin pushes hybrid seeds to boost rice production

PBBM admin pushes hybrid seeds to boost rice production

A strategy plan is now being developed by the Department of Agriculture (DA) that will promote the planting of hybrid seeds to 1.5 million hectares of rice land during the dry season, Agriculture Assistant Secretary for Operations Arnel De Mesa said during a briefing on Thursday, February 16. This was after President Ferdinand R. Marcos […]

DA, PhilRice boost rice monitoring, data collection in Caraga

DA, PhilRice boost rice monitoring, data collection in Caraga

The Department of Agriculture in Caraga (DA-13) and the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) have combined their efforts to strengthen the rice monitoring and data gathering activities in the region. “Rice monitoring is vital since rice remains the staple food for the Filipinos,” Abel Wagas, chief of the Research Division of DA-13, said in a […]

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