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DIRECTOR GENERAL RONALD CANTRELL

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Aerobic rice

By Ramon Ma. Epino | July 18, 2004 - 12:00am

Thanks to the project of PhilRice, National Irrigation Authority (NIA) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Filipino farmers can now plant rice in fields lacking in irrigation and in some cases drought-ridden...

Agriculture

Jose Burgos Jr: RP Fourth Estate’s ‘Cincinnatus’

By Rudy A. Fernandez | November 23, 2003 - 12:00am

SAN MIGUEL, Bulacan – He could be described as the "Cincinnatus" of sort of the Philippine Fourth Estate. We once said so, but he humbly refused the comparison. He preferred to be described as "farmer-journalist"...

Business

UN okays 2004 as International Year of Rice

By Rudy A. Fernandez | March 28, 2003 - 12:00am

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – Upon the proposal of the Philippine government and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) here, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has declared 2004 as International...

Business