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                    [Summary] => The Senate will investigate another alleged anomaly in the Department of Agriculture (DA), this time the use of P55.7 million allocated for the Hybrid Rice Commercialization Program (HRCP) in 2004.


Sen. Ramon Magsaysay Jr., chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture and food, has filed a resolution calling for the inquiry into the HRCP and the alleged mismanagement of its funds.
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Thus, asserted a research team that assessed the HRCP’s  mid-term performance.

The researchers were Flordelisa Bordey, Leonardo Gonzales, Leocadio Sebastian, Cheryll Casiwan,  Jesus Beltran,  Alice Mataia,  Rowena Manalili,  and Guadalupe Redondo, all of the DA-Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).
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The workshop is sponsored by the Department of Agriculture (DA), International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Asian Development Bank (ADB), and United Nations-Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO).

Implementing agency is the DA-Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).

Dr. Leocadio Sebastian, PhilRice executive director, said the theme of the three-day workshop is "Harnessing Hybrid Rice Technology through Policy Advocacy". [DatePublished] => 2005-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268784 [Title] => 80 rice varieties bred in past 15 years [Summary] => Very active.

This best describes the country’s rice research sector insofar as its performance in the past 15 years is concerned.

Proof: 80 improved and high-yielding varieties of rice (HYVs) bred from 1990 to 2004. This gives farmers enough latitude to select which varieties suit their agro-ecological systems.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 203120 [Title] => Third generation hybrid rice variety in RP bred [Summary] => A "third generation" variety of hybrid rice has been bred in the country.

It is called SL-8H, with the common name Doña Maria after the late mother of Henry Bon Liong, chairman and CEO of SL Agritech Corp., the firm that bred the high-yielding variety.

SL-8H is now giving bountiful harvest to farmers who have adopted it.

During the latest cropping season, for instance, farmer Ernesto Pablo of Rizal, Occidental Mindoro, harvested 11.8 tons (236 cavans) in his one-hectare demonstration farm planted to Doña Maria.
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The PNPL is in support of the Hybrid Rice Commercialization Program (HRCP), the flagship program of the Arroyo administration’s "Unlad Ani" charted to boost national effort to help make the country self-sufficient in rice at the soonest possible time.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 184329 [Title] => Hybrid rice program off to a good start [Summary] => LOS BANOS, Laguna – The government’s Hybrid Rice Commercialization Program (HRCP) is off to a good start.

Hybrid rice planted in 21,000 hectares in at least 56 provinces in the country is now being harvested or ready for harvest, Presidential Adviser on Job Creation Luis Lorenzo Jr. told The STAR here last Friday.
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Of the varieties, 64, including two hybrids, were released in the Philippines.

One of the hybrid varieties, PSB Rc72H or "Mestizo", is now the centerpiece of the government’s Hybrid Rice Commercialization Program being spearheaded by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 172503 [Title] => Hybrid rice gets priority in NFA procurement program [Summary] => Hybrid rice, particularly the "Mestizo" variety, will be given priority in the palay procurement program of the National Food Authority (NFA).

This is stipulated in a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed recently between NFA and the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).

Signatories to the agreement were NFA administrator Anthony R.A. Abad, PhilRice Executive Director Leocadio S. Sebastian, and Luis Lorenzo Jr., presidential adviser on Million Jobs Creation and chairman of the PhilRice Board of Trustees (BOT).
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [AuthorName] =>  Delon Porcalla
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                    [ArticleID] => 319356
                    [Title] => Senate to probe another DA anomaly
                    [Summary] => The Senate will investigate another alleged anomaly in the Department of Agriculture (DA), this time the use of P55.7 million allocated for the Hybrid Rice Commercialization Program (HRCP) in 2004.


Sen. Ramon Magsaysay Jr., chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture and food, has filed a resolution calling for the inquiry into the HRCP and the alleged mismanagement of its funds.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 319028 [Title] => Hybrid program boosts RP rice industry — study [Summary] => The government’s Hybrid Rice Commercialization Program (HRCP) is now a big boost to the country’s cereal industry.

Thus, asserted a research team that assessed the HRCP’s  mid-term performance.

The researchers were Flordelisa Bordey, Leonardo Gonzales, Leocadio Sebastian, Cheryll Casiwan,  Jesus Beltran,  Alice Mataia,  Rowena Manalili,  and Guadalupe Redondo, all of the DA-Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1722673 [AuthorName] => Rudy A, Fernandez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 280431 [Title] => 3rd nat’l workshop on hybrid rice set June 7-9 [Summary] => The Third National Workshop on Hybrid Rice will be held at the Bayview Hotel on Roxas Boulevard in Manila on June 7-9.

The workshop is sponsored by the Department of Agriculture (DA), International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Asian Development Bank (ADB), and United Nations-Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO).

Implementing agency is the DA-Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).

Dr. Leocadio Sebastian, PhilRice executive director, said the theme of the three-day workshop is "Harnessing Hybrid Rice Technology through Policy Advocacy". [DatePublished] => 2005-06-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 268784 [Title] => 80 rice varieties bred in past 15 years [Summary] => Very active.

This best describes the country’s rice research sector insofar as its performance in the past 15 years is concerned.

Proof: 80 improved and high-yielding varieties of rice (HYVs) bred from 1990 to 2004. This gives farmers enough latitude to select which varieties suit their agro-ecological systems.
[DatePublished] => 2005-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 203120 [Title] => Third generation hybrid rice variety in RP bred [Summary] => A "third generation" variety of hybrid rice has been bred in the country.

It is called SL-8H, with the common name Doña Maria after the late mother of Henry Bon Liong, chairman and CEO of SL Agritech Corp., the firm that bred the high-yielding variety.

SL-8H is now giving bountiful harvest to farmers who have adopted it.

During the latest cropping season, for instance, farmer Ernesto Pablo of Rizal, Occidental Mindoro, harvested 11.8 tons (236 cavans) in his one-hectare demonstration farm planted to Doña Maria.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193604 [Title] => ‘Plant-now-pay-later’ scheme for hybrid rice formulated [Summary] => LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – The Department of Agriculture (DA) has formulated the implementing guidelines for the "Plant-Now-Pay-Later" (PNPL) scheme in the procurement, distribution, and planting of hybrid rice for this year’s dry cropping season (January-April).

The PNPL is in support of the Hybrid Rice Commercialization Program (HRCP), the flagship program of the Arroyo administration’s "Unlad Ani" charted to boost national effort to help make the country self-sufficient in rice at the soonest possible time.
[DatePublished] => 2003-01-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 184329 [Title] => Hybrid rice program off to a good start [Summary] => LOS BANOS, Laguna – The government’s Hybrid Rice Commercialization Program (HRCP) is off to a good start.

Hybrid rice planted in 21,000 hectares in at least 56 provinces in the country is now being harvested or ready for harvest, Presidential Adviser on Job Creation Luis Lorenzo Jr. told The STAR here last Friday.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 182442 [Title] => 400 rice varieties released by IRRI to date [Summary] => More than 400 improved rice varieties have to date been released worldwide by the Los Baños-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

Of the varieties, 64, including two hybrids, were released in the Philippines.

One of the hybrid varieties, PSB Rc72H or "Mestizo", is now the centerpiece of the government’s Hybrid Rice Commercialization Program being spearheaded by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 172503 [Title] => Hybrid rice gets priority in NFA procurement program [Summary] => Hybrid rice, particularly the "Mestizo" variety, will be given priority in the palay procurement program of the National Food Authority (NFA).

This is stipulated in a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed recently between NFA and the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice).

Signatories to the agreement were NFA administrator Anthony R.A. Abad, PhilRice Executive Director Leocadio S. Sebastian, and Luis Lorenzo Jr., presidential adviser on Million Jobs Creation and chairman of the PhilRice Board of Trustees (BOT).
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1723283 [AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) ) )
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