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                    [Title] => DA to focus on hybrid rice clustering
                    [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture will allocate an initial P90 million to focus on clustering areas for its hybrid rice program to further improve the production of  palay amid a liberalized regime.
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-02-02 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1475310
                    [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon
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                    [Title] => Rice producer interested in DOST brown rice tech
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Leading hybrid rice producer and distributor SL Agritech is interested in the breakthrough process developed by the Department of Science and Technology’s Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) to prolong the shelf life of brown rice.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1664250 [AuthorName] => Rainier Allan Ronda [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 540274 [Title] => RP paddy rice production in 2010 to hit 18 million tons [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The Philippines will produce between 17.4 million to 18 million metric tons of paddy rice (palay) this year despite the threat of the El Nino weather phenomenon, a senior agriculture official said Wednesday.

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MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is preparing seeds and warehouses to protect rice farmers from damages to be brought by typhoon “Santi,” which forecasters said will hit Central Luzon tomorrow night.

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MANILA, Philippines - Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap remains confident the country will not have to import additional rice stocks this year based on first half projection of a higher palay (paddy rice) harvest of 7.4 million metric tons (MMT) by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics.

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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is projecting a 5.74 percent growth in rice production next year, based on a 16.2-million metric ton rice production target for 2007 and a P2.4 billion proposed budget for rice production-related activities.

In a press conference, Ginintuang Masaganang Ani (GMA) rice program director Frisco Malabanan said the DA is maintaining its 16.2-million MT rice production target this year.

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