date:Apr 16, 2013
By using the hybrid rice technology successfully developed by China, the Philippines, one of the world's largest rice importers, could become self-sufficient in the staple food and could even start exporting rice to other countries.
This was the consensus that emerged at the first National Hybrid Rice Congress held April 3-5 at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in the Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija in Central Luzon, north of Manila.
The congress, whose main speaker was Chin