#SupportLocal! According to a PhilRice expert, locally-grown rice are safe and of good quality. Aside from that, Filipino farmers also use less pesticide.
Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute urge rice farmers to plant high-quality inbred seeds of a recommended variety as this helps increase yield by 10-15%.
More than 100,000 rice farmers from Region 2 and CAR who were affected by the onslaught of the successive typhoons will benefit from the RCEF-Seed Program of the Department of Agriculture.