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BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 5 — Rice farmers in Barangay Baan Km. 3, Butuan City have showcased the 30-hectare hybrid rice technology demonstration for this season under the Department of Agriculture (DA) – Caraga Rice Program in collaboration with the city government of Butuan.

Eight farmer-cooperators accepted the challenge to venture on hybrid rice. They received free bags of hybrid rice seeds and fertilizers. Aside from the farm inputs, technical assistance was also provided.

Today, farmer leaders from Butuan City were invited to observe the various varieties of hybrid rice. The ready-to-harvest demo area was made possible through the six participating private seed companies namely Ramgo, Bayer Crop Science, SL-Agritech Corp., Corteva, LongPing, and SeedWorks.

See full article at Philippine Information Agency

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