CAUAYAN CITY: To help prevent a possible shortage of rice supply in the country, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has embarked on enhancing hybrid rice production in the Cagayan Valley region.

Lucrecio Alviar Jr., DA director for Region 2, said that the agriculture department has targeted at least 24,000 hectares of rice lands in Isabela, 10,000 hectares in Cagayan and several hectares in the provinces of Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya.

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