Hybrid Seed Growers Testimonials

To unify and coordinate the country's R&D and extension efforts on hybrid rice technology, a hybrid rice program was established at PhilRice in 1998. The major goal of the program is to develop and use hybrid rice technology to increase national rice production and farmers' productivity and competitiveness, and to attain rice self-sufficiency over the long term. Multidisciplinary in character, the program will plan, implement and coordinate breeding, seed production, agronomy, crop protection, socioeconomic, policy, engineering, chemistry and food science technology activities on hybrid rice in the country. It will also link up with seed production and technology promotion groups of PhilRice, the government and the private sector and with the R&D program of other countries. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Videographer/Photographer: Carlo Dacumos Ashlee Canilang Video Edit: Ashlee Canilang