date:Apr 16, 2013
oration with CNHR-RDC that has resulted in the development of SL-8 hybrid rice, which has enabled Filipino farmers to harvest from 7 to 10 MTs per hectare from the 3-5 MTs using ordinary rice varieties.
Agriculture Assistant Secretary Dante Delima said the government is supporting the expansion of hybrid rice whose area is targeted to reach to 281,397 hectares in 2013. This will further be expanded to 350,000 hectares by 2014.
The state-owned Land Bank of the Philippines has also increased its