DA launches high-yield rice program

IN an effort to stop rice importation and stabilize the country’s food supply in the face of lower global rice trade volumes, the government has launched the “Masaganang Ani 200” program, which aims to boost Philippine farms’ rice yield to 200 cavans per hectare.

At a hybrid rice festival in Nueva Ecija, Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol sad that the Masaganang Ani 200 program should enable the Philippines to stop rice importation, which is an economically and politically destabilizing food strategy.