Muñoz leads drive for rice self-sufficiency
Fourty nine provincial chief executives will lead local mayors, farmers, and other stakeholders in increasing rice production.
The governors, tagged as rice provincial champions, will spearhead the development and implementation of their own rice-sufficiency plan in conjunction with the national master plan.
A team from the Philipine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) here, led by its executive director Leocadio Sebastian, crafted the 119-page master plan, titled “Focusing on Increasing Provincial Productivity”, targets palays (rough rice) production of 18,504,207 metric tons (mt) in 2009 and 19,770,004 mt in 2010 or 96.07 percent and 100.74 percent sufficiency levels, respectively.
The palay requirement by 94.89 million Filipinos in 2010 is placed at 19,624,857 mt.). The budget is P14.890B for 2009 and P14,967B for 2010 or a total of P29.857B.
Sebastian said Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap approved the plan and had submitted it to President Arroyo.
Included in the plan is the improvement of irrigation systems, use of high-quality hybrid and inbred seeds, integrated crop management, provision of soft loans for the establishment of shallow tube wells (STWs) and surface water pumps, and delivery of extension support services.
High quality seeds, said to be the most fundamental cultural practice in which other technologies are based, will be subsidized at P800 per bag of hybrid seeds.
The 49 governors represent the “focus provinces” identified as the “main sources of production growth”. Topping the ten focus provinces are Nueva Ecija, Isabela, Pangasinan, Iloilo, Cagayan, Tarlac, Leyte, Camarines Sur, North Cotobato, and Maguindanao. They contribute around 45% of the total production each year.
The other focus provinces are: Kalinga, Ilocos Norte, Ilocus Sur, La Union, Nueva Viscaya, Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Pampanga, Zambales, Laguna, Quezon, Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Palawan, Albay, Sorsogon, Masbate, Aklan, Antique, Capiz, egros Occidental, Guimaras, Bohol, Northern Samar, Western Samar, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte, Compostele Valley, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, South Cotabato, Suldan Kudarat, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, and Lanao del Sur.
Fourty nine provincial chief executives will lead local mayors, farmers, and other stakeholders in increasing rice production.The governors, tagged as rice provincial champions, will spearhead the development and implementation of their own rice-sufficiency plan in conjunction with the national master plan.
A team from the Philipine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) here, led by its executive director Leocadio Sebastian, crafted the 119-page master plan, titled “Focusing on Increasing Provincial Productivity”, targets palays (rough rice) production of 18,504,207 metric tons (mt) in 2009 and 19,770,004 mt in 2010 or 96.07 percent and 100.74 percent sufficiency levels, respectively.
The palay requirement by 94.89 million Filipinos in 2010 is placed at 19,624,857 mt.). The budget is P14.890B for 2009 and P14,967B for 2010 or a total of P29.857B.
Sebastian said Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap approved the plan and had submitted it to President Arroyo.
Included in the plan is the improvement of irrigation systems, use of high-quality hybrid and inbred seeds, integrated crop management, provision of soft loans for the establishment of shallow tube wells (STWs) and surface water pumps, and delivery of extension support services.
High quality seeds, said to be the most fundamental cultural practice in which other technologies are based, will be subsidized at P800 per bag of hybrid seeds.
The 49 governors represent the “focus provinces” identified as the “main sources of production growth”. Topping the ten focus provinces are Nueva Ecija, Isabela, Pangasinan, Iloilo, Cagayan, Tarlac, Leyte, Camarines Sur, North Cotobato, and Maguindanao. They contribute around 45% of the total production each year.
The other focus provinces are: Kalinga, Ilocos Norte, Ilocus Sur, La Union, Nueva Viscaya, Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Pampanga, Zambales, Laguna, Quezon, Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Palawan, Albay, Sorsogon, Masbate, Aklan, Antique, Capiz, egros Occidental, Guimaras, Bohol, Northern Samar, Western Samar, Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte, Compostele Valley, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, South Cotabato, Suldan Kudarat, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, and Lanao del Sur.
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