As the Department of Agriculture (DA) intensifies its ABKD campaign encouraging Filipinos to “Be RICEponsible” and make rice available for those who need it most, the agency is putting the spotlight on traditional rice extenders — including adlay and its Bohol counterpart, apali.
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Mga taga isla, kapus sa kita, unahon sa tag P20’ng bugas
Kon makasugod na sa pagsulod dinhi sa Bohol ang bugas nga ibaligya sa tag P20 ang kilo, buot ni Gobernador Erico Aristotle Aumentado nga hatagag prayoridad ang mga konsumidor sa mga kaislahan sa Bohol nga walay humayan.
Palay harvest 36.66% over PSA production estimate
Despite the devastation brought by the el Nino last year, the critical cloud seeding operations may have helped as Bohol’s rice production as it topped the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) estimated palay production volume by 36.66 percent.
DA: consume nutritious brown, pigmented rice
The campaign, to popularize brown rice, or essentially that source of the pearly white rice most people are consuming, and the pigmented varieties like the black and the red rice, which, with initial milling, only scrapes off the rice hull, and retains the bran, which lends its brown coloration, and has a higher fiber, protein and vitamins, over their re-processed siblings.
Pro-active cloud seeding op’ns to save crops, replenish dams
Rice planted by farmers who risked planting in the dry cropping season despite starting late in December and January 2024, as well as rainfed areas and those not served by the irrigation systems can still be saved, if cloud seeding operations could be initiated soon.
Be RICEponsible All rice!
Whether it is in eating or in living, there is so much of the Boholano culture that is soaked in the rich rice culture.
A-B-K-D tamdanan sa pagdaginot sa humay
Dungan sa kampanya sa pagdaginot sa humay ilabi na sa National Rice Awareness Month sa Nobyembre, gipakayab sa mga tigpasiugda sa Be RicePonsible ang tamdanan sa tanan nga lakip sa mga nahingawa.
2nd Bohol Organic Agriculture festival held
The 2nd Bohol Agriculture Festival opened on Nov. 13 with 17 organic agriculture farming practitioners exhibited their produce ranging from rice, vegetables, fruit tree seedlings, cacao, herbs, mushroom, among others.
Rice yield increase from 2.73 to 3.6 MT/hectare
While it may be too early to say, agriculture authorities are now keenly looking at the rice yield in the second semester to validate what has been apparently a huge success in the first semester’s harvest.
PhilRice gives Visayas farmers certified seeds from Bohol
For years now, Boholanos have been growing their own inbred seeds, carefully selecting the best quality seeds and producing better generations of these seeds to increase yield in rainfed areas which have been producing low harvests.
DSWD-7 distributes cash assistance to affected rice retailers in Bohol
All six recipients, coming from Tagbilaran City and the municipalities of Jagna, Carmen, Sevilla, and Ubay, each claimed the P15,000 aid from the government at the Tagbilaran City Hall Atrium.
DA tumong makab-ot pagbalik 100% rice sufficiency sa Bohol
Gikan niadtong sayo nga bahin sa 2010 lamang nakab-ut sa Bohol ang sobrasobra nga ani sa humay, butang nga hangtud karon, buot pa gihapon sa Department of Agriculture (DA) nga makab-ut pagbalik.