THE International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) said it has partnered with the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) to push for higher adoption rate of climate change-resilient rice varieties among farmers in Region 4A to improve their productivity and cut weather-related losses.
THE International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) said it has partnered with the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) to push for higher adoption rate of climate change-resilient rice varieties among farmers in Region 4A to improve their productivity and cut weather-related losses.
In a news statement on Wednesday, Irri said they are currently working with PhilRice Los Baños Station “in accelerating the adoption of next-generation varities for smallholder farmers in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon provinces.”
The partnership between the two agencies is through the NextGen project spearheaded by the Los Baños-based IRRI, which seeks to promote new rice varieties to Filipino farmers.
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