As more areas are planted to quality hybrid and inbred rice varieties with optimum levels of fertilizer application, attaining self-sufficiency in the country’s main staple is within reach.
Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar said that during the last three years of the Duterte administration, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has successfully implemented the Philippine Integrated Rice Program (PIRD) that saw a substantial increase in both the hectarage and average yield per hectare of both hybrid and inbred rice.
“Spanning six plantings, from wet season (WS) 2019 to dry season (DS) 2021-2022, we produced more rice from hybrids and inbreds, as area planted to hybrids peaked at 1.26 million (M) hectares (ha) in WS 2021 and DS 2021-2022, and 2.89 M ha for inbreds in WS 2019 and 2019-2020 DS,” said the DA chief.
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