Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, also the chairman of the National Seed Industry Council, is set to approve the release of seven high-yielding rice lines for commercial production, a press release from the Agriculture department said.

The new promising lines are known by their coded names as PR27843, IR71137, PR30138, PR31561, C6824, IR77186, and PR30536. The letters in the coded name indicate the research agency responsible for breeding the line: P stands for PhilRice; C for the UP College of Agriculture in Los Baños, Laguna; and IR for the International Rice Research Institute.

Except for IR71137, which is recommended only for transplanted conditions, the other six lines have been found to produce good yields both in transplanted and direct wet-seeded conditions.

Kabankalan farmers
get certified seeds

Kabankalan City mayor Pedro Zayco Jr. and city agriculturist Nemesio Cañete distributed yesterday certified rice seeds from the Negros Occidental Accredited Seeds Growers to farmers from the different barangays.

In its press release, the city government said that farmers are assured of a bountiful harvest using the certified seeds.

Each bag of the seeds costs P 880 but farmers have only to pay half of the amount while the local government subsidizes the other half, the press release said.

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