date:Apr 12, 2013
1st National Hybrid Rice Congress, April 4, 2013, at PhilRice, Muoz City, Nueva Ecija.
He said the promotion of hybrid rice is an integral part of the Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP), the Aquino governments banner food security program that aims to attain sufficiency in rice and major staples like white corn, root crops and plantains.
We are on track to achieving sufficiency in rice by end of 2013, the DA chief said before 1,000 participants, composed of farmers, private seed producer