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Photo releasesSunday, July 01, 2001
Dr. Casiana Vera Cruz (left), a scientist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), explains to a group of farmers in Laguna the agricultural and economic implications of biotechnology in rice research and development. IRRI is objectively evaluating the new strategies and options that biotechnology may offer the rice industry and is collaborating with its partners in the national agricultural research systems of rice producing nations to see if such strategies are suitable and sustainable in different countries. The Municipal Agriculture Office of Bay, Laguna Province, organized the farmers’ educational seminar on new rice research technologies.
Farmers from 12 barangays in Infanta, Quezon Province, are fast learning how to use sustainable pest and crop management intervention measures to improve the health of rice seeds. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Infanta Integrated Community Development Assistance, Inc. (ICDAI), a non-governmental organization, are jointly undertaking the project. Assistant scientists Lina Diaz (second from left) of the Social Sciences Division and Dr. Silvino Merca (extreme right) of IRRI’s Seed Health Unit are shown explaining to four of the 35 farmer-participants how to assess the vigor of rice seedlings in their germination stage. The seeds provided by IRRI, ranging from IR64 to PSBRc 7, 14 and 80, are shown temporarily planted in plastic seed beds. The seeds were selected before planting using traditional selection methods such as pahangin (winnowing), palutang (floatation), combined pahangin at palutang and hindi nilinisan (uncleaned). The seeds were later transplanted in farmers’ fields for tests.  IRRI helps farmers improve rice seed health The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), in cooperation with the Infanta Integrated Community Development Assistance, Inc. (ICDAI), is currently training farmers from 12 barangays in Infanta, Quezon on how to adapt intervention measures in improving the health of rice seeds for sustainable pest and crop management. Six of the 35 farmers participating in the IRRI-ICDAI training (above) are shown assessing the vigor of rice seedlings temporarily planted in plastic “seed beds” before transplanting them in their fields. IRRI provided the seeds ranging from IR64 to PSBRc 7, 14 and 80. Traditional selection methods such as “pahangin” (winnowing), “palutang” (floatation), combined “pahangin at palutang” and “hindi nilinisan” (not cleaned) were used before the seeds were planted. |
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