13 April 2012, Brgy. Sapang Cauayan, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija - Some said it's a bad omen today, Friday the 13th, but our Chinese agriculturists counterpart in this Science community proved otherwise, as the Chinese agri-research organization, the Longping Hi-Tech (LPHT)conducted a Field Day to show to the Filipino farmers that rice varieties originated in China can be profitably adopted locally.
In this Field Day, as participated by select farmers, Chinese and Filipino breeders and agronomists, LPHT "boosts" for new 19 Chinese rice varieties introduced locally which lowest theoretical yield (with code LP2099) is recorded at 7.90 tons per ha. while the highest one is 10.20 (coded LP2017). These were compared to two non-LPHT varieties, namely, PSBRC 82 which yielded 8.55 tons/ha, and SL-8 with 10.13 tons per hectare.
The seed company (LPHT) also demonstrated the three PhilSCAT-developed varieties, with the following yield per hectare performance: LP106 (12.90 tons), LP330 (12.80 tons) and LP331 (14.50 tons). PhilSCAT stands for Philippine-Sino Center for Agricultural Technology, a bilateral program between RP and PROC.
The Field Day included tour of LPHT's 6-hectare Experimental area in this village (Sapang Cauayan) including their greenhouse facilities.
The LPHT-Philippines is bent on commercial adoption of Chinese varieties under local conditions, as it partner with Allied Botanicals (a local company) to handle the marketing aspects of the technology, and with the Philippine Department of Agriculture to handle the sustained R&D works in rice.
The Field Day was capped through a diplomatic dinner hosted by LPHT manager Mr. Mao and his 6 Chinese agronomists/breeders with over ten staff from the Allied Botanicals, and PhilSCAT officials in attendance.
Finally, above is the collage of photos during this successful Field Day. (JSF reports)
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