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DA-PhilRice is a government corporation attached to the Department of Agriculture (DA). Executive Order 1061 approved on November 5, 1985 and amended by EO 60 dated Nov. 7, 1986, created PhilRice to help develop high-yielding technologies so that farmers can produce enough rice for all Filipinos. PhilRice accomplishes this mission through research, technology promotion, and policy advocacy, which are implemented through a network that includes 57 agencies and 108 seed centers strategically located nationwide. Philrice began as a research unit of the University Of The Philippines, Los Baños (UPLB) in 1985 until it became an independent Government-Owned and Controlled Corporation. Its headquarters was subsequently moved from UPLB to Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. Its interdisciplinary programs include the following: (1) direct-seeded and (2) transplanted irrigated lowland rice; (3) hybrid rice; (4) rice for adverse environments; (5) rice-based farming systems; (6) rice and rice-based products; (7) policy research and advocacy; and (8) technology promotion. With these programs, PhilRice aims to develop and promote technologies that are ecosystem-based, location- and problem-specific, and profitable to the Filipino farmers. On December 4, 2006 the Philippine Rice Research Institute was Certified by "TUV" as Integrated Management Systems (IMS) compliant organization covering ISO 14001 series 2004, Environmental Management systems; ISO 9001 series 2000 Quality Management Systems; and OHSAS series 1999 Occupational health and safety. Philrice carries the following discipline-based R&D Program Structure from 1987 to 1998. 1. Rice Varietal Improvement under the Plant breeding Division; 2. Planting and Fertilizer Management under the Agronomy, Soils and Plant Physiology Division; 3. Integrated Pest Management under the Crop Protection Division; 4. Rice-based Farming Systems under the Farming Systems Division; 5. Rice Engineering and mechanization under the Rice Engineering Division; 6. Rice Chemistry and Food Science under the Rice Chemistry Division; and 7. Social Science and Policy Research under the Socio-economics Division. Major innovation on its R&D structure was implemented from 1998 to 2005. In this so called new structure, each multidisciplinary R&D program was carried by the different discipline-based divisions and each division was participated in each R&D programs which follows. Policy Research and Advocacy; Technology Promotion; Rice and Rice-based Products; Rice-Based Farming systems for Fragile Environment; Hybrid Rice; Transplanted Irrigated Lowland Rice; Direct Seeded Irrigated Lowland Rice; and Environmental Sustainability & Management. Why Philrice needs to restructure its R&D program? Taking stock of external & internal forces facing the rice industry External factors UN Millennium Development Goals FAO International Rice Commission Declarations CGIAR Rice Genome Internal Factors Phil. Government’s Medium-Term Development Plan President’s 10-Point Agenda Ginintuang Masaganang Ani program NAST’s Phil. Agri. Vision 2020 PSRC 2005 recommendations Designing more efficient & effective systems for technology generation & packaging with an emphasis on the following: Unlikeness of single technology-based yield increments in rice to occur in short to medium-term; Systems that integrate different technologies to maximize the contributions to overall rice productivity of the limited single-technology potentials and, to break yield gaps; Desirable research and technology promotion systems that encourage farmer participation and facilitates feedback generation. Rationalizing PhilRice’ Operations Issuance of EO 366 Effective delivery of technologies, systems, & knowledge to clients Address organizational and human resource issues With the above basis, Philrice has its newest R&D structure for 1006 to 1210. Program 1. Favorable Ecosystems (Irrigated Lowland); 2. Unfavorable ecosystems (Rainfed Lowlands); and Knowledge Management and Promotion. PhilRice Maligaya - The Central Experiment Station Science City of Muñoz, 3119 Nueva Ecija Tel: 63 (044) 456-0113, -0258, -0277, -0285, -0354 Tel/Fax: 63 (02) 843-5122; 63 (044) 456-0112; -064 local 261; -0651 local 511; -0653 local 529 e-mail: prri@philrice.gov.ph website: http://www.philrice.gov.ph PhilRice Los Baños UPLB Campus, College, 4031 Laguna Tel: 63 (049) 536-3631 to 33, -3635 Tel/Fax: 63 (049) 536-3515 e-mail: philrice@laguna.net PhilRice San Mateo Malasin, San Mateo, 3318 Isabela Tel: 63 (078) 664-2280, -2954 Tel/Fax: 63 (078) 664-2953 e-mail: philrice_isabela@digitelone.com PhilRice Batac 17 Tabug, Batac, 2906 Ilocos Norte Tel: 63 (077) 792-4714 Tel/Fax: 63 (077) 792-4702 e-mail: philrice@ILN.CSI.com.ph PhilRice Midsayap Bual Norte, Midsayap, 9410 North Cotabato Tel/Fax: 63 (064) 229-8178 e-mail: philrice@microweb.com.ph PhilRice Agusan Basilisa, RTRomualdez, 8611 Agusan del Norte Tel: 63 (085) 818-2277, -3377; (0918) 406-1145 Tel/Fax: 63 (085) 818-4477 e-mail: cvces001@cdo.philcom.com.ph On September 28 , 2005 , the Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation gave PhilRice a 800,000- Dollar grant for Biotechnology research into rice with higher Beta-carotene , Vitamin E , Iron , and Protein amounts to aiding Micronutrient deficiency in Third World countries like the Philippines. Dr. Rhodora R. Aldemita and the University Of Freiburg which heads the Gates Foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health Program, has matched the Gates Foundation's grant with funding into PhilRice's biotech laboratories, a Radioisotope laboratory, and screenhouses for testing the modified rice. Philrice Negros Cansilayan Murcia, Negros Occidental Tel/fax:(34)446-3403 e-mail: negros@philrice.gov.ph EXTERNAL LINKS |
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