While the Aquino administration sees the Philippines achieving record palay (unmilled rice) production this year, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is asking Filipinos to be “rice-sponsible” which can help the country achieve 100-percent self-sufficiency in the staple.

With the year 2013 dubbed as the “National Year of the Rice (NYR) through Presidential Proclamation No. 494,” the Department of Agriculture also plans to tap lawmakers to enact, formulate and issue policies and laws for wiser rice consumption.

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