Bulacan farms test rice self-sufficiency program

A pilot program carried out by rice farmers in Pulilan, Bulacan has successfully demonstrated methods by which the country can achieve rice self-sufficiency, the program’s proponents said.

Under the direction of Department of Science and Technology Regional Office 3 (DOST 3), and with the participation of the Philippine Sino Center for Agricultural Technologies (PhilSCAT), the Local Government of Pulilan, and the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Unit 3 (DA RFU3), the program utilized methods developed by DOST 3 Director Dr. Julius Caesar V. Sicat, who was able to produce 200 cavans per hectare in his rice fields at the Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija in the 2015 and 2016 dry seasons.