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DA promotes more nutritious golden rice

GOLD STANDARD. The Department of Agriculture is urging Filipinos to try the more nutritious golden rice as an alternative to the regular white rice. Secretary William Dar emphasized in a statement on Friday (Oct. 15, 2021) that it has Vitamin A and beta carotene. (Photo courtesy of IRRI) MANILA - The Department of Agriculture (DA) is urging more Filipinos to try the so-called golden rice which tastes just like the ordinary white rice but with higher nutritional value. Officials sampled the rice during a recent ceremonial tasting in Munoz, Nueva Ecija on Friday, led by the Crops Biotechnology Center (DA-CBC). "It smells and tastes the same as ordinary rice, except it is colored yellow. But I will choose golden rice over white rice, because it has more health benefits," said DA Secretary William Dar in a statement. Dar said even the Agriculture Attache from the United States, Ryan Bedford, prefers the taste of the healthier rice alternative. "I couldn't help myself and ....

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Bio-fortified crops expected with new biotech center: DA

NEW CENTER. The Department of Agriculture opens its new Crop Biotechnology Center (CBC) in Nueva Ecija on Thursday (Sept. 30, 2021). The CBC aims to advance biotechnology research for development and innovation that will enhance the country's agriculture competitiveness and will push for food security and climate change resiliency. (DA Facebook page) MANILA - The agriculture sector can now develop, innovate, and generate various products or crops that will enhance the competitiveness of Philippine agriculture with the unveiling of the Crop Biotechnology Center (CBC) at the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Nueva Ecija on Thursday. The CBC, one of the three biotechnology centers under the Department of Agriculture (DA), aims to advance biotechnology research for development and innovation, and generate various products that will also push for food security and climate change resiliency. "Biotechnology is coming around just now in the consciousness of the general ....

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