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Green Super Rice variety surpasses 4.4 ton max yield, nets 8.3 tons/hectare in PhilRice field day 16 December, 2020 - 11:10
In a Facebook post dated 03 October 2020 by the official FB account of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) of the Philippine Department of Agriculture, a variety of Green Super Rice called NSIC Rc 480 was able to almost double its maximum yield per hectare, from 4.4 tons to 8.3 tons, during the Palaysikatan Field Day of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Sto. Tomas, Davao Del Norte.
More than 30 farmers participated in the PalaySikatan Field Day, the first in the Davao Region. The technology demonstration showcased recommended rice varieties, technologies, methods, and machinery in rice cultivation. Through this optimized process, the farmer with the NCIS Rc480 variety was able to harvest 125 sacks of rice at 66kg each, the equivalent of 8.3 tons per hectare. It was
AT least 145 units of farm machineries worth P304 million were awarded to 99 farmers’ cooperatives and associations (FCAs) in Isabela province.
The recipients were beneficiaries of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) mechanization component of the Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Philippine Center for Post-Harvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech).
The recent turnover of the machineriess at the Isabela Sports Complex in Ilagan City was led by DA Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) Executive Director Narciso Edillo; Isabela Gov. Rodolfo Albano 3rd and Vice Governor Faustino Dy 3rd; and PhilMech Executive Director Baldwin Jallorina. All representatives of the six congressional districts of the province also attended.
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Published December 11, 2020, 2:53 PM
The Bureau of Customs wants to collect several tax deficiencies uncovered in a post-clearance audit of cooperatives that imported rice since last year, the Department of Finance (DOF) said.
In a statement, the DOF quoted Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero as saying that a post-clearance audit done on rice imports for 2019 showed 48 cooperatives with tax deficiencies totaling P1.4 billion.
These 48 cooperatives came from an initial batch of top 60 importers out of the list of over 320 cooperatives that imported rice last year, Guerrero said in his report to Finance Secretary G. Carlos Dominguez III.
“They have been issued audit notices and subsequent demand letters for the payment of additional duties and taxes as a result of the under declarations (of their imports),” Guerrero said.