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Article: Hybrid seed seen to solve rice problem.(Main News)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- February 2, 2003
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Byline: ELENA L. ABEN
The government, through the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) and Philippine Rice Institute (Philrice), has introduced the GMA super rice which is expected to solve the nations shortage of rice supply and stop rice smuggling into the country.
Aside from addressing the countrys rice-supply deficiency, farmers nationwide will also benefit greatly from the GMA super rice as propagation of the hybrid palay seed would increase their harvest by up to three times.
BuCor, represented by its director, Ricardo B. Macala, and Philrice, a semi-government institution supported and subsidized by the national government through the ...