Ormoc Farmers Double Income with Hybrid Rice

Hybrid rice doubles income of Ormoc City farmers.

The income of farmers who benefited from the Rice Production Enhancement Program (RPEP) have more than doubled, according to Mayor Eric C. Codilla, who said local farmers’ total earnings have reached P389.4 million annually. RPEP was piloted in December 2004 in 357 hectares of rice lands.

Farmers who plant hybrid seeds are given free fertilizer on the condition they harvest at least 140 cavans per hectare, which is 55.5 percent more than the 90-cavan yield using inbreed seeds.

The program was implemented during five croppings within two-and-a-half years by which time it expanded to 3,300 hectares. The fifth cropping was in January 2007, which was harvested in May that year.

Before RPEP, a 1,000-hectare rice land earned only P24,000 annually in two croppings based on 90 cavans per harvest. With hybrid seeds and considering the P600-per-cavan prevailing buying price of palay, a hectare can earn P59,000 annually in two croppings based on 140 cavans per harvest.

Multiply that to 3,300 hectares and the total income of farmers in RPEP reaches P389.4 million. More farmers are taking part in RPEP, with the ratio between agricultural technologists and farmers going up to 1:150 from only 1:30 before the start of the program.

Not only has the program increased rice production and raised farmers’ income levels, it also boosted Ormoc’s local economy, assured food security, provided employment opportunities, improved peace and order, increased tax collection, and enhanced infrastructure development, Codilla said.

By Business Mirror

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La Niña Summit to Create Programs To Map Out Vulnerable Areas

IN order to prevent the loss of more lives and destruction to property, the government and civil-society organizations (CSOs) will map out vulnerable areas and high-risk communities to improve disaster preparedness and risk management.

In the event “Are We Prepared for the La Niña: A Government-CSO La Niña Summit,” representatives from the government and CSOs will identify vulnerable areas to improve disaster-risk management, as well as create specific programs and projects, for these high-risk vulnerable urban and rural areas.

The summit will be held on Aug. 23 and 24 at the Bureau of Soils and Water Management along the Elliptical Road in Quezon City.

The summit will also identify specific mechanisms to encourage dialogue between the public and private sectors on climate change, social justice, environment renewal and rural reconstruction.

“The summit is a ‘usable science’ conference. It is a multidisciplinary and multistakeholder conference. It will draw a number of the nation’s scientists, officials and researchers on climate change and La Niña from universities and government agencies. It shall, likewise, gather leaders of civil society, church, business and private organizations, as well as representatives from international and multilateral agencies and organizations involved in these themes,” the concept paper for the summit stated. The paper stated that the summit is a public-private response to the warning extended by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) of an impending La Niña.

State meteorologists warned that there is a 35-percent probability that the effects of La Niña will be felt this year. La Niña is expected to bring heavy rains that could trigger landslides and floods, especially in areas prone to these calamities.

La Niña is the result of an air-sea interaction. It can be described as the appearance of cold surface water in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. This weather phenomenon, along with its opposite El Niño, which brings drought, is expected to be stronger as an effect of climate change.

“Predicting the onset of a warm or cold phase is critical in helping water, energy and transportation managers, and farmers to plan for, avoid or mitigate potential losses. Advances in improved climate predictions will also result in significantly enhanced economic opportunities, particularly for the national agriculture, fishing, forestry and energy sectors, as well as social benefits,” the paper stated.

“However, we have been reeling from the lack of information and strong coordination in responding to extreme climate episodes like floods and droughts that have cost lives and of billions of pesos in damages,” it added.

The Philippines is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries when it comes to climate change. Department of Agriculture senior technical adviser Dr. Esteban C. Godilano told of the horrors of climate change.

Godilano said about 43 percent, or 13 million hectares, of the country’s agricultural land are likely to be affected by climate change-induced drought, 20 percent, or 5.53 million hectares, will be affected by floods, and 11 percent, or 3.4 million, hectares will be affected by landslides.

The paper added that the aftermath of supertyphoons, floodings and landslides in many parts of the country left the Philippines with an overwhelming damage of 2.7 percent of gross domestic products in 2009.

“The negative economic impact of climate change on the country is not difficult to imagine: water shortages, sharp decreases in agricultural productivity; infectious diseases due to heat stress; large number of poor Filipinos in low-lying coastal areas becoming ‘climate refugees’; disappearance of small islands, coral bleaching; and decline in livestock production and fish catch,” the paper stated.

The paper stated that this is the reason there is an urgent need to continue advocacy and action to address climate change. There is a need to develop cohesive and coherent policy and strategies to address the perils and challenges of climate change.

These can become a basis for public-private sector cooperation and pursuit. The Aquino administration has long stressed its aim to further public-private partnerships for the next six years.

“The overriding objective of the summit is to draw national attention and to inform government officials and policy-makers, as well as civil-society leaders and stakeholders, on the La Niña phenomenon so as to enable them to enhance adaptation, cooperation and coordination for economic, environment and human security vis-à-vis La Niña devastations,” the paper stated.

By Business Mirror




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Philippines Misses Rice Production Target Again

What do you think will happen if the Philippines keeps under producing rice and having to import it in from other countries?

Less rice and food causing a continued further crisis and the effects from that?

Increased Philippine budget deficit from costly rice importation and even worse the complete wasting of it in storage?

Angry Philippine farmers revolting who should be getting much more assistance from the Philippine government to produce more rice and food?

These types of questions and many more can go on and on. Is now the time for the Philippines to change or face the consequences of non-action?

Do you think the Global and Philippine rice and food crisis will improve or worsen until something is done? Review current news below on this situation.

Current Rice Food News Headlines from Bloomberg

"South Africa to Import More Wheat, Rice by 2019 as Incomes Rise"

"Sugar, Wheat, Rice Worth $2.9 Billion Ruined by Pakistan Floods"

"Wheat, Corn Stockpiles Dwindle After Russia’s Drought"

"India’s Monsoon Rainfall 26% Below Average Last Week, IMD Says"

"Tropical Storm Dianmu Strengthens on Path to Korea, Japan"

"Indian Flour Mills May Stop Wheat Imports on Soaring Prices"

"China, Pakistan Brace for More Rain After Landslide, Flooding"

Time is running out to learn from the past, to adjust from it now, and change to grow into the future with food security. Urge your Philippine politicians to start now before its too late.

As the genius Albert Einstein said, "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result".

RP to Miss Palay Target in 2010

Manila will continue to import rice in 2011 after the Department of Agriculture (DA) indicated that the country will miss its target of producing 17.4 million metric tons (MMT) of palay this year due to the extensive damage caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon.

At the same time, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said the Philippines has no plans to import additional sugar on top of the 100,000 tons it’s expecting for delivery this quarter.

“For sure, we will not meet the target of producing 17.4 MMT [of rice] for the year. But we are ready to implement a number of measures to ensure that palay production will not go down drastically,” Alcala told reporters in a briefing in Quezon City on Monday.

Among these measures, said Alcala, are the quick turnaround scheme and promoting the planting of upland rice.

Asked about the volume of rice which the Philippines could import next year, the DA chief said the department has not yet finalized production figures.

“Within the next 10 days, we may come up with a decision as to the volume of rice we will import next year,” said Alcala.

He, however, assured the public that the volume will be “significantly lower” than what the government imported in 2010. The Philippines imported a total of 2.45 MMT of rice this year. The volume was contracted in the last quarter of 2009.

The previous administration reasoned out that the extensive damage caused by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng on the rice sector prompted the government to increase its importation. The government imported less than 2 million tons of rice for 2009.

Lesser per-capita consumption

One factor that is expected to reduce rice imports is the revision of the annual per-capita consumption of rice which is now pegged at 119 kilograms by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics. Last year the figure used was 128 per kilogram of rice per Filipino.

Earlier, Alcala said he wants to reduce rice imports by as much as 50 percent next year. By 2013, the DA wants to drastically reduce or wipe out rice imports altogether.

The Philippines has become the world’s top importer of the staple in recent years. The government usually imports rice to plug production shortfall and to ensure that the National Food Authority (NFA) has a buffer stock.

The NFA is mandated to keep a buffer stock equivalent to 30 days of rice consumption during the months of July, August and September, and 15 days at any given time of the year.

By Business Mirror




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