date:May 21, 2013
Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (DBFMPC), in Mlang, North Cotabato, in partnership with the Don Bosco Foundation for Sustainable Devt., Inc. (DBFSDI). The black rice was milled and packed at a DA-KOICA rice processing center in Matanao, Davao del Sur.
The Jasponica aromatic white rice was produced by farmers in Talavera, Nueva Ecija, who planted a commercial variety of SL Agritech.
The DA through its national rice program directorate coordinated the initial export rice shipment to Dubai wit