Sentences with phrase «philippines rice research»

Its proponents, Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), have applied a permit under Direct Use, wherein target populations will be fed with Golden Rice to test if the genetically modified rice is effective in providing Vitamin A to humans.

Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is a government corporate entity attached to the Department of Agriculture created through Executive Order 1061 on 5 November 1985 (as amended) to help develop high - yielding and c...

The Department of Agriculture — Regional Field Unit 5 (DA - RFU 5) together with the DA - Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) have completed two seasons of multi-location field trials of Golden Rice in Camarines Sur - a province in the Philippines.

The Philippine Rice Research Institute, in partnership with the International Rice Research Institute and other partners, have recently finished two seasons of field trials in the Philippines, but this doesn't mean that Golden Rice is now ready for planting by farmers.

Despite vandalism in one of the five multilocation field trials in August this year, data are being readied for submission to government regulators who will review Golden Rice against international standards for biosafety, according to Antonio Alfonso, coordinator of the biotechnology program of the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) and leader of the Golden Rice project at the DA - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice).

If you care to look closer, you can see the Golden Rice field trial approvals: Golden Rice is on page 5 and 6 under the Philippine Rice Research Institute.

The Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) and the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) have been working with IRRI on Golden Rice for several years.

This blog was originally published by the Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice) on 5 September 2013 and is reposted here with their permission.

The Department of Agriculture — Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice) is collaborating with IRRI to develop and evaluate Golden Rice because of its potential to help reduce vitamin A deficiency.

Breeders at the Philippine Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice), the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), and the Indonesian Center for Rice Research (ICRR) are developing Golden Rice versions of existing rice varieties that are popular with their local farmers, retaining the same yield, pest resistance, and grain qualities.

Mutual protection of elite breeding lines marked a renewed collaboration between the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), signed at the PhilRice headquarters at the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, on 3 April 2014.

The satellite - generated maps, developed by the International Rice Research Institute in collaboration with sarmap and the Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice), show that flooding has affected about 1,800 hectares of standing rice crop across 15 municipalities and that the typhoon badly damaged buildings where harvested rice may have been stored.

«The use of the Rice Crop Manager will hopefully bring an increase in yield or productivity, and also raise the income of farmers by about Php 4,000 per crop per hectare,» said Dr. Manny Regalado, acting deputy director for research at the Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice).

Collaborative efforts among IRRI, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), and others to develop healthier varieties of Asia's major staple figured prominently in a series of information sessions for nutrition action officers.

Rice Crop Manager was developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) as a product of a research collaboration with the Department of Agriculture - Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA - PhilRice).

The contribution of these varieties to the country's food security is even more crucial because the Philippines is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, according to Dr. Calixto Protacio, executive director of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).

PRISM, one of seven projects under the Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP), is a collaborative project among IRRI, Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), and the DA.

Work under this collaboration among the DA, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), and IRRI are featured in a «marketplace» exhibit that will open afternoon of August 24 as a side event of the SOM - AMAF.

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) are teaming up to exhibit at the 21st Scientific Conference of the Federation of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines (FCSSP) on May 9 - 14, 2011 at the La Piazza Hotel and Convention Center in Legaspi City, Philippines.

Project Leader: Dr. Antonio A. Alfonso Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Cell Phone: [phone] Email:

Joining me on the trip was Chief Science Research Specialist and Project Leader Dr. Antonio Alfonso of the Philippine Rice Research Institute, National Programs Relations Manager of IRRI Julian Lapitan, and Healthier Rice Project Manager Raul Boncodin.

Here are links to some of the other statements and media articles we found most informative and inspiring, including from our valued partners at the Department of Agriculture — Philippine Rice Research Institute:

Among the many milestones in this partnership, an important one was that in 1985, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (Philrice) was created.

To commemorate the historic uprooting and protest action against golden rice last August 8, 2013, hundreds of farmers will gather to hold a public forum in Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon, the rice granary of the country where Philippine Rice Research Insitute (PhilRICE) Golden Rice experimental fields are located.

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is working together in creating impacts at scale that is beneficial for the people and the planet.

To celebrate Farmer's Day, IRRI joined Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Los Baños Station's 2017 Wet Season Lakbay Palay... Read more

Isang proyekto sa pagtutulungan ng: Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA - BAR), Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

IRRI, in cooperation with the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), conducted a training on basic tractor operation, maintenance... Read more

Among the many milestones in this partnership, an important one was that in 1985, when the Philippine Rice Research Institute (Philrice) was created.

IRRI has many projects in partnership with the Philippine Government, particularly with the Department of Agriculture through the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).

The golden rice trial was being conducted by the government's Philippine Rice Research Institute, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), and other public sector partners — contrary to the activists» accusations, there is no private corporate involvement.

Officials and staff of the Philippine Department of Agriculture that conduct rice tests for the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) had gathered for a peaceful dialogue.

The contribution of these varieties to the country's food security is even more crucial because the Philippines is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, according to Dr. Calixto Protacio, executive director of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).

Mutual protection of elite breeding lines marked a renewed collaboration between the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), signed at the PhilRice headquarters at the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, on 3 April 2014.

It is being developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and DA's Philippine Rice Research Institute as a potential means to fight Vitamin A deficiency.

Not exact matches

It works under the Philippine regulatory framework, called the Biosafety Committee of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST - BC), which oversees IRRI's IBC and, through the IBC, all research on GM rice at IRRI.

The research, Marker - Aided Transfer of Beta - Carotene Biosynthetic Genes (Golden Rice I) into two Philippine Rice Varieties, was presented by Dr. Antonio Alfonso, project leader and the paper's main author.

We were delighted last year when the Philippine Farmers» Advisory Board, a group composed of national and regional farmers» organizations that provides input on agriculture matters to government agencies, issued a statement of support for our Golden Rice research as well, after our dialogue with their leadership.

The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) share common objectives of reducing poverty and hunger, improving farmers» and consumers» health, and ensuring environmental sustainability.

Philippine Senator Cynthia A. Villar made this statement today at the headquarters of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), affirming contributions made by rice scientists, in a keynote message during the Forum on Food Nutrition and SecurRice Research Institute (IRRI), affirming contributions made by rice scientists, in a keynote message during the Forum on Food Nutrition and Securrice scientists, in a keynote message during the Forum on Food Nutrition and Security.

LOS BAÑOS, PHILIPPINES — The world's premier research organization focused on rice makes a commitment to keep working toward food and nutrition security for at least the next few generations.

«Around 27 % of the Philippine land area is rainfed,» said Yoichiro Kato, an agronomist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

LOS BAÑOS, PHILIPPINES and EVANSTON, IL - December 13, 2016 — The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and 2Blades Foundation (2Blades) have signed an agreement to further the cause of global food and nutrition security for the 3.5 billion people who depend on rice for more than 20 % of their daily calorRice Research Institute (IRRI) and 2Blades Foundation (2Blades) have signed an agreement to further the cause of global food and nutrition security for the 3.5 billion people who depend on rice for more than 20 % of their daily calorrice for more than 20 % of their daily calories.

26 March 2018, Los Baños, Philippines — The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Philippine Department of Science and -LSB-...]

«Around 27 % of the Philippine land area is rainfed,» said Yoichiro Kato, an agronomist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

LOS BAÑOS, PHILIPPINES — The world's premier research organization focused on rice makes a commitment to keep working toward food and nutrition security for at least the next few generations.

Some of the world's leading experts on rice science convene this week at the Philippine headquarters of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to review research efforts toward making rice systems work better for the price science convene this week at the Philippine headquarters of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to review research efforts toward making rice systems work better for the pRice Research Institute (IRRI) to review research efforts toward making rice systems work better for tResearch Institute (IRRI) to review research efforts toward making rice systems work better for tresearch efforts toward making rice systems work better for the price systems work better for the poor.

29 October 2015 — In the ceremonial Hall of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, Robert S. Zeigler, director general and chief executive officer of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), received the Order of Sikatuna, the highest award that the Philippine Government can give to a foreign national.

The IRRI - RKB is linked with the Philippine Rice Knowledge Bank (PRKB), which contains information on promising rice technologies generated from Philrice research in the last 25 yeRice Knowledge Bank (PRKB), which contains information on promising rice technologies generated from Philrice research in the last 25 yerice technologies generated from Philrice research in the last 25 years.