Saturday, 29 August 2020

Eight teams from the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice)

Eight teams from the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) received awards inside the 47th Federa-tion of Crop Science Societies of the Philippines (FCSSP) Scientific Conference held lately in Ilo- ilo City.

The PhilRice Rainfed Lowland/Stress Environment Rice Breeding and Variety Development Team received the CSSP Achievement Award in generation development.

Led by means of its fundamental breeder Nenita Desamero, the team become diagnosed for its contributions in developing high-yielding, pest-resistant, and appropriate-quality breeding traces for rainfed lowland environment and strain-prone environments.

For the poster competition, the study “Physicochemical Characteristics, Functional Properties, and Storage Quality of Flours from Philippine Rice Wine [Tapuy] Lees” with the aid of Rosaly Manaois and Amelia Morales won first area within the postharvest dealing with, processing, usage, health and nutrition class.

The tapuy lees flours (TLF) had been assessed for his or her proximate composition, amino acid content material, useful belongings and storage best. Results of the study suggest TLF will be explored for numerous food or feed packages.

The challenge titled “Initiative Towards Building Self-reliant Rice Farm Households and Communities” by Ofelia Malonzo, Christian Camacho, Mark Angelo Abando, Marvin Manalang, Ruben Miranda, Alimar Briana, Teresa Aurea Ragudos and Marcelo Nicomedes Castillo gained first place in the era extension and socioeconomics category for the poster competition.

This development initiative capacitated beneficiaries on agriculture especially on rice production, organic farming, and farm animals manufacturing. The members engaged in diverse entrepreneurial activities and fashioned their own farmers’ institutions.

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