17 March 2011, PhilRice CES, Maligaya, Munoz Science City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. This blogger, along with select scientists from this science community, was commissioned by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) to serve as evaluator in the 24th national rice conference held in this city from March 16 - 18, 2011. He served as judge for Best Paper for "Technology Promotion and Delivery for Narrowing the Yield Gap" category. Three papers initially vied, and the top two were presented during the plenary session this afternoon. These papers are:
1. Using Cellphone-Based Survey Forms for Rice Field Data Collection
2. Theorizing ICT4D in Philippine Agriculture: Which Direction Should ICT in Philippine Agriculture Go?
The blogger-judge finds the two as both excellent studies, and in fact rated almost the same (with only a hairline difference). Final winner, however, is not known immediately, as ratings of other judges shall be considered.
Another scientific competition during the national conference was the search for Best Poster/s where a total of 81 entries representing four thematic areas : 1. Innovative technologies and approaches for boosting rice productivity, grain quality, and nutrition, 2. Strategies to mitigate impacts of and adapt to climate change, and other emerging problems besetting the rice industry, 3. Socio-economics, impact assessment, policy, and market, and, 4. Technology promotion and delivery for narrowing the yield gap.
The conference is an annual review of the national rice research conducted by the Institute and its partner organizations. This year's theme is "Optimizing 25-year R & D Achievements to help the country achieve rice self-sufficiency by 2013". (JSF Blogs)
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