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17 Jun

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Vicky Garcia took a circle trip through the Cordillera- Baguio, Bontoc, Barlig and Banaue- during the week of April 21, 2010. Cordillera terrace farmers were not spared from the drought of El Nino. Although the weather pattern was predicted, farmers were not expecting the total absence...

15 Jun

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The May 2010 national election of Benigno Aquino III as the Philippines’ new president brings high hopes that he will follow the legacy of his parents and work to eliminate corruption and poverty and restore trust in government. Over the past few months there have also...

01 Jun

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December 2009 Eighth Wonder Rice at the Blair House, Washington DC [caption id="attachment_252" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Non traditional heirloom grains decorate the Blair House"][/caption] Eighth Wonder Heirloom Rice was included in a non-traditional holiday display at the Blair House in Washington, DC in December. The Blair House is...

02 Jan

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The Cordillera region, along with the rest of Luzon, was devastated by an unprecedented number of severe typhoons in 2009. The typhoons caused extensive power and communication outages, landslides that closed roads and brought death and destruction to villages. Many terraces were overwhelmed by the...

18 Sep

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[caption id="attachment_182" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="NIA Farmer Training Center, Bontoc"][/caption] When we made a preliminary inspection of the processing site in Bontoc, Mountain Province last month, it was apparent that the Farmer Training Center in the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) complex had fallen to the status of...

23 Aug

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On August 17, 2009, two custom-designed millings machines, a dehuller-grain separator and a micro mill, were donated to the heirloom rice producers in Kalinga province. [caption id="attachment_172" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="New rice dehuller and grain separator"][/caption] The donation was made possible through the leadership and support of the...

16 Jun

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RICE, Inc. welcomes serious researchers who wish to observe the project. In 2008, three foreign graduate students conducted research around some aspect of native rice varieties. Recently, the results from two of the researchers were presented at conferences in the United Kingdom and France. Giselle Aris,...