Pagtatanim ng SL-8H hybrid rice, lalu pang pinalalaganap

vol. 2 no. 16 published bi-monthly by sl agritech corp. nov. - dec. 2009

RP losing P30-B in wasted rice yearly

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Bagong patimpalakng SL AgritechCorp. inilunsad

Top Nueva Ecija hybrid rice

farmers honored

Bangladesh another hybrid rice seed

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PALAYAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – Dr. Frisco Malabanan, national coordinator of the Ginintuang Masaganang Ani (GMA) hybrid rice program of the Department of Agricul-ture (DA), said the bountiful harvest recently recorded by farmers in the province “deserves recognition and acceptance that planting the hybrid rice variety is much, much higher compared to the ordinary rice variety.”

RECORD RICE YIELD CITED

Malabanan was among agriculture officials present during the awarding of prizes to 10 Nueva Ecija hybrid rice farmers who were adjudged top producers of hybrid rice in this year’s dry cropping season.

“It has been proven that farmers planting the high-yielding hybrid rice seeds variety will not only increase farm productivity and more than double their harvest but will also dramatically increase their income compared to those planting the certified inbred seeds,” he said, as urged the massive propaga-tion of hybrid rice as part of the government’s efforts to achieve self-sufficiency.

Severino Payumo of Ca-banatuan, bested 45 other

Dinaos kamakailan ng SL Agritech Corp. sa Baguio City ang ikatlo nitong taunang komperensya na dinaluhan ng mga sales at marketing personnel ng seeds division nito mula iba’t ibang panig ng bansa.

Ang limang araw (Agosto 24-28) na pagpupulong ay pinan-

Malaki ang paniniwala ng mga magasasaka sa Munisipyo ng Esperanza sa Sultan Ku-darat, na ang pagtatanim ng SL-8H hybrid rice variety ay hindi lamang makapagpaparami ng kanilang ani kundi maka-pagpapaunlad din ng kanilang pamumuhay, kung kaya’t nais pa nilang maragdagan ang kanilang kaalaman sa mga makabagong teknolohiya sa pagtatanim ng nasabing uri ng palay.

Pagtatanim ng SL-8H hybridrice, lalu pang pinalalaganap

Ni JOH DUNGCANapatunayan ito kamakailan

nang ganapin ang isang Sea-son-Long Farmer Field School (SLFFS) na dinaluhan ng 180 magsasaka sa nasabing muni-sipyo.

Ayon kay Sitinor Asgar, SLFFS facilitator sa Sultan Ku-darat, ang farmer field school ay naglalayong turuan and mga magsasaka ng mga makabagong

teknolohiya sa pagtatanim ng hybrid rice.

Ang nasabing field school ay ginanap sa pakikipag-ugnayan sa Sultan Kudarat Rice Special Agricultural Technologist sa ila-lim ng tanggapan ng Agricultural Services at ng mga technician ng SL Agritech Corp., ang producer ng kilalang SL-8H hybrid seeds.

Ang SLFFS ay tinatag ng Department of Agriculture para tulungan ang mga magsasaka sa

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Sales at marketing conferenceginanap ng SL sa Baguio City

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Makikita rito ang ilang magsasaka sa Sultan Kudarat habang nagta-tanim ng hybrid rice sa pagtuturo ni Gng. Sitinor Asgar, facilitator ng Season-Long Farmer Field School (SLFFS) sa nasabing probinsiya. Ang SLFFS ay isinasagawa sa bawa't probinsiya para palawakin ang kaalaman ng mga magsasaka sa mga pamamaraan ng pagta-tanim ng nasabing uri ng palay.

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Naging sikat naman siya kahit papano

The holding early last May of the “Search for Hybrid Rice Highest Yielder” in Nueva Ecija, was the brainchild of Provincial Agriculturist Serafin Santos to promote the benefits of hybrid rice farming. With the assistance and all-out support given by local and private individuals and entities, the project was, on the whole, very successful, giving agriculture a big boost. To be sure, the farmers will greatly benefit from this endeavor.

Keep “it” up.-o0o-

Sabi nga ni Dr. Santiago Obien, former executive director of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice): “Kung karamihan sana ng ating mga provincial agriculturists ay mayroon ding ganyang klaseng proyekto para mapalaganap ang pagtatanim ng hybrid rice sa kani-kanilang lugar, naniniwala ako na hindi magtatagal at magiging supisyente ang ating bansa sa bigas sa lalung madaling panahon. At syempre, matitigil na natin ang pag-aangkat ng bigas sa ibang bansa at hindi na tayo gagasta pa ng bilyon-bilyong piso taon-taon na ang ganitong halaga sana ay magamit na lamang sa pagpapatayo ng mga estraktura sa pagsasaka.”

Well said, Doc. -o0o-

Over 1,000 farmers in 32 towns of Nueva Ecija attended the affair which was highlighted by the giving of cash prizes and plaques of recognition to the contest winners, courtesy of Henry Lim, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of SL Agritech Corp. A rice thresher, a farm tractor and a farm engine were also given by Lim to the first, second and third prize winners, respectively.

Others who graced the occasion were former Food Minister Jesus Tanchanco, Provincial Administrator Alejandro Abesamis, PhilRice Executive Director Ruben Miranda; Rita O. Lim (the better half of Mr. Lim), Dr. Noel Mamicpic, Cathy Galura and Josie Farnacio of SL Agritech Corp.; Dr. Santiago Obien, now with the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) and Dr. Ruben Sevilleja of the Central Luzon State University (CLSU).

-o0o-Much has been said and written about hybrid rice – that this

miracle crop is a big boost to our rice production program, that it is profitable and that hybrid rice technology would cut down rice importation thereby saving for the country billions of pesos every year etc. etc.

Pero marami pa ring detractors ang patuloy na naninira sa nasabing programa. Ganyan talaga sa bansang ito. May mga taong walang iniisip kundi ang manira kapag ang isang bagay na nakikitang umuunlad o lumalaki. Alam na alam nila ang kanilang ginagawa pero dala marahil ng inggit kaya hindi nila mapigil ang kanilang sarili sa pagpuna.

Sabi nga, they oppose just for the sake of opposing and they comment just for the sake of commenting.

-o0o-We remember the statement made about a year ago by a Cabinet

member that: “It is more cheaper for the government to import rice than for us to produce it.”

Hindi lang very irresponsible ang kanyang sinabi kundi baka isa siya sa kumikita sa rice importation. Sa kanyang statement na ‘yon, nalagay siya sa dyaryo at siyempre, naging sikat nga naman siya kahit paano!

The country is losing some P30-billion in wasted rice due to lack of post-harvest facilities such as palay dryers and rice mills, according to the Bureau of Postharvest Research and Extension (BPRE), an attached agency of the Department of Agriculture (DA).

During the drying opera-tion alone, 4.5 percent of palay harvest is lost due to inadequate or inefficient drying facilities or a loss of 408,764 metric tons (MT) of milled rice.

“In our country’s effort to increase food production, it is important that we give utmost attention to the prevention of losses through the develop-ment of post-harvest research and technology,” said Ricardo L. Cachuela, BPRE executive director.

In his report to Sec. Ar-thur Yap, Cachuela said the DA-BPRE initiative is part of President Arroyo’s FIELDS program, which stands for Fertilizer, Irrigation, Exten-tion, Loans, Dryers Seeds and other postharvest facilities to promote the full growth and

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DUE TO LACK OF POST-HARVEST FACILITIES

development of the grains in-dustry.

Cachuela said palay farmers will be saving billions of pesos every year if they use efficient drying facilities.

“Ang pagpapatuyo ng palay ay isa sa pinakamaselang na gawain matapos ang anihan. Ang porsyento ng nawawalang palay kung hindi wasto ang pagpa-patuyo ay umaabot ng limang porsyento. Kung may inaaning 16.2 milyong metriko toneladang palay bawa’t taon, ang halaga ng nasasayang na palay ay mga P10-bilyon,” Cachuela said.

Arnel Ramir M.. Apaga, director of the agency’s training and extension department, said BPRE is distributing this year 688 flat bed dryers to quali-fied irrigators’ associations and farmers organizations all over the country, in coordination with the DA-regional field units.

The program, he said, is aimed at uplifting the well-being of the farmers by helping them reduce the drying losses in rice and, at the same time,

Conrad Cariño

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SIGNING OF AGREEMENT – Officials of SL Agritech Corp. and the state-owned Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corp. (BADC), signed a memo-randum of agreement recently whereby SL Agritech will export an initial 500 metric tons (MT) of its parental seeds to Bangladesh, becoming another hybrid seed production site of SL Agritech. SL Agritech has been exporting the same seed variety to Indonesia since 2006. According to Henry Lim, chairman and CEO, his firm will also export sometime this year parental seeds to Vietnam.

Those in photo are Dr. Weijun Xu, SL Agritech vice president for international operation; Md Iqbal Hossain, deputy secretary of the Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture; Md Nuruzzman, general manager for seed, BADC; and Dr. Noel G. Mamicpic, SL Agritech vice president for quality control. Witnessing the signing rites, standing: Marshal Aaron, Josie Farnacio, former food minister Jesus Tanchanco and Cathy Galura, senior vice president for operation.

Bangladesh is another hybrid rice seed production site of SL Agritech

NEXT SHIPMENT TO VIETNAM & NIGERIA

Bangladesh, one of the world’s biggest rice consuming countries, will be another hybrid seed production site of SL Agritech Corp.

“We already have one in Indonesia and towards the end of this year, we will have another production farm in Vietnam,” said Henry Lim, SL Agritech Corp. chairman and chief executive officer.

In a partnership agreement signed recently with the state-owned Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corp. (BADC), SL Agritech, the country’s leading hybrid rice seeds producer, is exporting an initial 500 metric tons (MT) of its parental seeds to Bangladesh.

“They will produce our hybrid seeds initially in 250 hectares which will produce 500 MT of F1 or SL-8 hybrid rice seeds,” Lim said.

In 2006, SL Agritech shipped 500 MT of SL-8H hybrid rice seeds to Indonesia, worked out by the firm with PT Sang Hyang Seri, an Indonesian government firm. Lim said his company will also export its high-yielding seeds to Vietnam sometime this year or early next year.

With a population of 230 million, Indonesia envisions to plant up to five million hectares of hybrid rice seeds in the next five years.

“Starting this year, we will no longer export our SL hybrid seeds to that country as they will already be producing them in big quantity. They have initially allocated over 1,600 hectares for the purpose,” Lim said.

According to Lim, SL Agritech exported a total of 550 metric

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Henry Lim (right) and Dr. SM Nazul Islam shake hands after the signing of the memo agreement. At the middle is Ahm Monirul Haque, Bangladesh Agricultural Development manager for seed production.(Turn to page 8)



PALAYAN CITY – Ten Nueva Ecija farmers who were adjudged top producers of hybrid rice in this year’s dry cropping season, were honored at rites held May 29 at the Palayan Convention Hall in this city.

Severino Payumo, 69, bested 45 other farmers in the province who participated in the “search for hybrid rice high-est yielder,” chalking up a record harvest of 345.6 cavans per hectare by planting the SL-8H hybrid rice variety.

The barangay captain of Biliran in Cabanatuan, Payumo broke the record of 345 cavans per hectare harvested in May, 2009 by lady farmers Aida Badong of San Nicolas, Camarines Sur.

Payumo was followed by Ricardo Buenaventura of Tabacao, Talavera, who produced 266 cavans per hectare, and Severino Velasquez of Barangay Sta.Rita, Jaen, who harvested 230 cavans per hectare. They also planted the SL-8H hybrid seeds variety.

Henry Lim, chairman and CEO of SL Agritech corp., the country’s top producer of the SL-8 hybrid rice seeds, donated the cash prizes and a rice thresher for the first prize winner and a hand tractor and a farm engine for the second and third prize winners, respectively.

The other winners were Benito Guiang, Nicasio Esguerra, Renato Manuel, Ferdinand Pobre, Paquito Agulto, Arturo Niro and Renato Ramos.

The search for the highest hybrid rice yielder was initiated by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist in coordination with local government agencies, among them the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), National Food Authority (NFA), Central Luzon State University (CLSU), National Irrigation Administration (NIA), and the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Units.

Over 2,000 farmers in the 32 towns of Nueva Ecija attended the affair which was also graced by former food minister Jesus T. Tanchanco, Alejandro Abesamis, provin-cial administrator; Serafin Santos, provincial agriculturist; Dr. Ruben Miranda of PhilRice; Rita O. Lim, Dr. Noel Mamicpic, Cathy Galura and Josie Farnacio of SL Agritech Corp.; Dr. Santy Obien of the Bureau of Agricultural Re-search (BAR); and Dr. Ruben Sevilleja of CLSU.

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Farmers Severino Payumo (upper photo, left) of Cabanatuan City and Ricardo Buenaven-tura (middle photo, right) of Talavera, Nueva Ecija were adjudged first and second prize winners, respectively, in the “search for the highest hybrid rice yielder” initiated by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA). They are shown receiving from Henry Lim, chairman and CEO of SL Agritech Corp., their awards at rites held recently at the Pa-layan City Convention Hall in Nueva Ecija. Payumo made a record harvest of 345.6 cavans per hectare, while Buenaventura produced 266 cavans per hectare, followed by Severino Velasquez who harvested 230 canvans per hectare. They all planted the SL-8H hybrid seeds variety produced by SL Agritech which donated cash prizes and a rice thresher for the first prize winner and a hand tractor and a farm engine for the second and third prize winners, respectively. Lower photo shows Serafin Santos, NE provincial agriculturist, presenting a plaque of appreciation to Lim.

Gemma Tomas (left), chairperson of the 300-strong Pagkakaisa NE Primary Multi-Purpose Cooperative, shakes hands with Henry Lim after presenting him and Mrs. Rita Lim plaques of appreciation "Bayani ng mga Maka-bagong Magsasaka" for his invaluable support to the contract growers of Nueva Ecija.

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A partnership agreement was signed between the Pinagkaisa N.E. Primary Multi-Purpose Co-operative, Inc. (PNEPMC) of Gen. M. Natividad, Nueva Ecija, and SL-Agritech Corp., the coun-try's top producer of hybrid rice seeds.

Gemma Tomas, chairper-

SL Agritech, Ne farmers' co-opsign accord on hybrid rice seeds

son of the 300-strong farmers' group and Henry Lim, chairman and chief executive officer of SL Agritech Corp., signed the agreement which will provide PNEPMC members with hybrid seeds (SL-7H and SL-9H) includ-ing fertilizers and insecticides.

The occasion was held at

the office of Gen. M. Natividad Mayor Librado Santos.

"We will provide them with all the inputs on credit and we will also buy all their produce based on the prevailing market price," Lim said, adding that SL Agritech Corp. is increasing the production of its hybrid rice seeds

Henry Lim (at rostrum), chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of SL Agritech Corporation, while explaining to farmers in Gen. M. Natividad, Nueva Ecija the benefits of planting hybrid rice seeds, during

a meeting held at the basketball covered court at the back of the townhall. At left is Mrs. Librado Santos, the mayor's wife and Cathy Galura, SL Agritech senior vice president for operations.

SL AGRITECH 3RD ANNuAL SALES CONFERENCE-- A successful annual sales conference was held last August 24-28, 2009 in Baguio City. Participants were the

to cope with the demand by farm-ers nationwide.

Lim noted in the past months "the growing demand of our seeds by farmers all over the country."

"Many farmers are planting the hybrid rice because they are now convinced that, indeed, it has substantially increased their pro-duction and income," he said.

Those who witnessed the signing rites were former food minister Jesus Tanchanco, SL

Henry Lim shakes hands with Gemma Tomas after the signing of the agreement. At left is Mayor Santos.

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Agritech officials Cathy Galura, senior vice president for opera-tions; Dr. Noel G. Mamicpic, vice president for quality con-trol; Marciano Aaron, managing consultant; Joe Santos, assistant vice president for rice operation; Donna Lim, finance manager; Joh Dungca, marketing manager; and Doy Cariño, regional sales manager

Also present during the affair were Henry Tomas of the office of Mayor Santos, Florencio Sudoy, chairman of the Bagong Buhay Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija and Bernardo Valdez, DA assistant provincial agriculturist.

Posing for a souvenir photo taken at an SL-8H hybrid rice farm in Gen. M. Natividad in Nueva Ecija. From left: Brian Lim, supply chain manager, rice division of SL Agritech Corp; Mars Aaron, Jess Tanchanco, Henry Lim and Dr. Noel Mamicpic (right).

a meeting held at the basketball covered court at the back of the townhall. At left is Mrs. Librado Santos, the mayor's wife and Cathy Galura, SL Agritech senior vice president for operations.

Many farmers are planting the SL-8H hybrid rice

variety because they are now convinced that, indeed, it has substantially increased their

production and income.

SL AGRITECH 3RD ANNuAL SALES CONFERENCE-- A successful annual sales conference was held last August 24-28, 2009 in Baguio City. Participants were the

sales and marketing team (seeds division), headed by senior vice president Cathy Galura and vice president for quality control Dr. Noel Mamicpic.


Henry Lim (left), chairman and chief executive offi-cer (CEO) of SL Agritech Corp., explains to report-ers the memorandum of agreement his firm has just signed with the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corp. (BADC). under the deal, SL Agritech will ini-tially ship 500 metric tons of its SL-8H hybrid rice seeds variety to Bangladesh, one of the world's biggest rice-consuming countries.

Bangladesh is another hybrid rice seed production site of SL Agritechtons (MT) of SL-8H hybrid seeds to Indonesia. The same year, it again exported another 750 MT to that country as part of its ef-forts to accelerate growth in its rice production.

“I consider all this a big achievement not only for SL Agritech Corp. but for our coun-try as well, since it was more than 28 years ago when we first exported rice to other countries. Now, we rank No. 3 after China and India as hybrid rice seeds exporter,” he said.

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press conference

Lim, however, said SL Agritech will limit its seeds ex-portation “to ensure that we will always have ready supply for our own farmers.”

“It is indeed a pity kung uu-nahin pa nating makinabang ang magsasaka sa ibang bansa kesa sa ating magsasaka sa pagtga-tanin ng hybrid rice, kaya kami gumawa ng ganitong hakbang,” he said.

A rice research firm has cited the performance of SL Agritech’s SL-8H hybrid rice

‘Now, we rank No. 3 after China and India as hybrid

rice seeds exporter.’seed variety in terms of grains yield and other physiological characteristics. It says the variety “was better than other genotypes and yielded more grain in direct seeding condition compared to transplanted ones.

SL Agritech Corp. has also

earned international recognition from the China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center for its “successful devel-opment and commercialization of the SL Series of hybrid rice varieties in the Philippines.”

farmers in the province who par-ticipated in the “search for hybrid rice highest yielder,” chalking up a record harvest of 345.6 cavans per hectare by planting the SL-8H hybrid rice variety.

He broke the record of 344 cavans per hectare harvested in May 2005 by lady farmer Aida Badong of San Nicolas, Cama-rines Sur.

Payumo was followed by Ricardo Buenaventura of Tala-vera, who produced 266 cavans per hectare, and Severino Ve-lasquez of Jaen, who harvested 230 cavans per hectare. They also planted the SL-8H hybrid

RECORD RICE YIELD CITED(From page 1) seeds variety produced by SL Agritech Corp.

Hundreds of farmers who participated in the contest made an average harvest of 180 cavans per hectare.

According to Malabanan, the government’s hybrid rice program is targeting to expand the hectarage of hybrid rice seeds by 900,000 hectares for the 2009-2010 period.

“’Yan ang ating hectarage target this yeart till 2010 to be planted to hybrid rice. Kaya umaasa kami dito sa DA na mas marami pang magsasaka ang gagamit ng hybrid seeds,” he said.


to craft guidelines and action plans for the conduct of post-harvest research.

Meanwhile, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is providing the Department of Agriculture (DA) a grant of P649 million for the construction of four modern rice processing centers in Pangasinan, Iloilo, Bohol and Davao del Sur.

Agriculture Undersecretary Berna Romulo Puyat said the government is allocating P136 million as counterpart to bank-roll the rice processing proj-

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ect which is expected not only reduce post produc-tion losses in the cereal but will also benefit 40 of the coun-try’s palay-g r o w i n g provinces.

She said the DA will likewise

provide P104 million for the proj-ect and the balance from the local government units.

“The construction of the rice processing centers was encour-aged by South Korea to promote efficient postharvest operations for our palay farmers through mechanization and automation,” Puyat said.

Ricardo L. Cachuela, execu-tive director of Bureau of Post-harvest Research and Extension

(BPRE), an attached agency of the DA, said the four rice processing centers will be built in Sta. Barbara in Pangasinan, Pototan in Iloilo, Pilar in Bohol, and Matanao in Davao del Sur.

“When finished, the farm-ers’ income will increase once they avail themselves of the benefits of the post harvest facilities,” Cachuela said.

Cachuela said the four rice processing projects will cover 9,292 hectares of rice farms and will generate 2,737 jobs during the construction phase, and another 4,627 jobs in the next 15 years.

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in five years’ timein five years’ timeDEMAND FOR SL AGRITECHHYBRID, SPECIALTY RICE uP;SEES P10-B SALES IN 6 YEARS

DEMAND FOR SL AGRITECHHYBRID, SPECIALTY RICE uP;SEES P10-B SALES IN 6 YEARS

By JENNY NGBullish over the prospects of

the increase in the demand for hy-brid rice seeds and specialty rice, SL Agritech Corp. expects net sales could reach P10 billion in 2015.

SL Agritech chairman and

'Our rice products are geared for the A-B market as well as

the upper C market.'chief executive officer Henry Lim projects that net sales for hybrid rice seeds could reach P5 billion, while net sales for specialty rice will also reach P5 billion.

“In five years’ time, net sales of hybrid rice seeds could reach as much as P5 billion. We’re looking to expand hybrid rice seed produc-tion and increase hectarage where we can produce hybrid rice seeds,” Lim told reporters in a recent press briefing at his office in Makati City.

SL Agritech is opening new markets for hybrid rice seeds.

Aside from Indonesia, where the company is exporting hybrid rice seeds, SL Agritech also signed a memorandum of agreement with the Bangladesh Agricultural De-

velopment Corp. (BADC).Under the agreement, SL

Agritech will assist BADC to increase hybrid rice production. From 250 hectares, hybrid rice seed production in Bangladesh will be expanded to a minimum of 600 hectares. SL Agritech will also export seeds to Vietnam. The com-pany is already exporting hybrid rice seeds to Indonesia.

Lim said production for hybrid rice may expand to around 800,000 hectares in five years. The average production for every hectare is around two tons.

For fiscal year ending May, the company sold around 130,000 bags of hybrid rice seeds worth more than P500 million.

SL Agritech managing consul-tant Marshal Aaron disclosed that increasing demand for specialty rice like Jasponica and Miponica varietie4s marketed under the Dona Maria brand will boost net sales.

“For fiscal year ending May 2010, we see net sales for specialty rice to double to P500 million,” Aaron said.

He said the company engages

in contract growing of rice using the SL-8H variant. During the dry season, around 2,000 hectares in Laguna and Nueva Ecija were planted to rice variants that will be sold by the company.

Jasponica rice is a cross be-tween Jasmine Thai and Japonica while the Miponica variety is a cross between Milagrosa and Ja-sponica. Both varieties are known for their aroma and taste.

“Our rice products are geared for the A-B market as well as the upper C market,” Aaron said.

CACHuELA


buong bansa ng tamang pagta-tanim ng hybrid rice.

“Anim lahat na field school ang tinatag at bawa’t isa rito ay dinadaluhan sa loob ng apat na buwan ng 30 magsasaka mula sa nasabing munisipyo,” ayon kay Gng. Haydee Togle na napiling farmer cooperator/farmer.

Pinaliwanag ni Gng. Togle na isang libong metro-kwadradong lupa ang ginamit bilang demon-stration farm kung saan tinuro sa mga magsasaka ang wastong pamamaraan ng pagtatanim ng SL-8H hybrid rice seed, isang variety ng palay na tinatanim ng karamihan sa mga magsasaka sa buong bansa.

Ang ilang parte ng nasabing kurso ay Pre-crop planning, Land preparation, Crop establishment, Nutrient management, Pest man-agement at Water management.

Pagtatanim ng SL-8H

hybrid rice, lalu pang

pinalalaganap(Mula sa pahina 1)

Si Henry Lim (kaliwa), chairman at CEO ng SL Agritech Corp., habang kinakapanayam ni Vice President Noli De Castro at Cheryl Cosim sa programang "Para Sa Iyo, Bayan" ng DZMM, kung saan pinaliwanag ni Lim ang kahalagahan ng pagtatanim ng hybrid rice. Ayon sa kanya, ang produksyon ng mataas na uri ng palay na ito ang

panayamsa dZmm

siyang makapagbibigay ng mataas na ani para maging supisyente ang ating bansa sa bigas. Si Lim at si Vice President De Castro ay kararating lamang buhat sa Jilin, China, kung saan sila ay dumalo sa katatapos na Northeast Asia Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum.

“Todo Hataw sa Tag-araw.” Ito ang panibagong patimpalak na nilunsad kama-kailan ng SL Agritech Corp. para sa darating na taniman ng palay sa susunod na buwan.

Layunin sa patimpalak na ito ng SL Agritech na bigyan ang mga magsasaka ng insentibo kagaya ng mga mahahalagang kagamitang pangkabuhayan, sa pagta-tanim nila ng SL-8H super hybrid rice seeds.

Ta o n - t a o n , a n g S L Agritech Corp., kilalang prodyusher ng SL-8H hybrid seeds variety sa buong bansa, ay nagpapatimpalak para sa

Panibagong patimpalakng SL Agritech corp.

para sa mga magsakaka

SA MGA NAGTATANIM NG SL-8H HYBRID RICE

mga magsasakang nagtatanim ng nasabing uri ng binhing pa-lay, bilang insentibo para lalu pa nilang pagsikapang mapalaki ang kani-kanilang aning palay.

Dito pinipili ng nasabing kompanya, sa pakikipagtulungan sa mga provincial agriculturist, Department of Agriculture (DA) at sa iba’t ibang sangay ng pama-halaan sa agrikultura, kung sino sa kanila ang may pinakamalak-ing ani at siyang tatanggap ng mahahalagang papremyo.

Sa taong ito, libo-libong halaga ng papremyo ang nilaan ng SL Agritech Corp. sa mga magsasakang magwawagi ng una, pangalawa at pangatlong

gantimpala.I t o a y a n g m g a s u -

musunod:First Prize -- Susuki CabV

Deluxe Multicab (dawala ang mananalo).

Second Prize – Kawasaki motorcycle with sidecar (da-lawa rin ang mananalo).

Third Prize – Sinski Scoot-er (dalawa ang mananalo).

Ang iba pang mahahala-gang gantimpala ay TV set, washing machine, electric stove, electric fan, at cell-phones, ay ipagkakaloob sa 130 mananalo bilang consola-tion prizes.

Ni MINA CRUZ

A road, according to the dic-tionary, “is a long stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, etc.”

But to a big number of rice farmers in Nueva Ecija (and else-where in the country), roads are not for motor vehicles alone but also for drying their palay during harvest time.

“We have no recourse but to dry our rice harvest on the roads because we do not have any dry-ing facility. What makes it more difficult for us to dry our harvest is the lack of wide and long ce-mented roads in our municipal-ity,” the farmers said.

“Ganyan ang aming prob-lema tuwing panahon ng anihan lalu na nga kung tag-ulan. Ilal-atag namin sa kalsada ang aming kaaaning palay kung umaaraw, pero kapag biglang umulan, halos hindi namin malaman ang gagawin para kolektahin ang mga nasabing palay para nga hindi mabasa, “ they said.

Gemma Tomas, a lady farmer in Barangay Mataas na Kahoy in Gen. M. Natividad, and chairper-

farmers bewail lack of palay drying facilities

GEMMA TOMAS

a road-block or an obstruction as it hinders traffic.”

“Ngayong lumalalaki na ang aming inaani sa pagtatanim ng hybrid rice, lumalaki rin ang aming problema sa pagpapatuyo

Tomas manages a 20-hectare hybrid rice farm in her barangay in Mataas na Kahoy, planted to SL-9H hybrid seeds variety from SL Agritech Corp.

“Encouraged by our big

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ng aming palay tuwing anihan, lalu pa nga kung tag-ulan,” said Tomas, who holds a master’s de-gree in public management from the Lyceum of the Philippines.

harvest and increased income in planting the SL hybrid rice seed varieties, our group has decided to form into a cluster of say, 3,000 hectares where we will be work-

ing together as a group. Uumpi-sahan na rin namin na bumili ng mga rice drier para nga hindi na kami makaistorbo sa mga motor-ista,” she said.

Tomas at the same time cited the Bagong Buhay Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BBMPC) of Ba-rangay Mabini in Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija, whose farmer-mem-bers, she said, have been posting an average harvest of 190 cavans per hectare using the SL hybrid rice variety and the latest farming technology.

The group is headed by Flor-encio Sudoy, himself an SL-8H hybrid rice farmer.

'We have no recourse but to dry our rice harvest on the roads because we do not have any drying facility. What makes it more difficult for us to dry our harvest

is the lack of long and wide cemented roads in our municipality.'

son of the 300-strong Pagkakaisa N.E. Primary Multi-Purpose Co-operative (PNEPMPC), admitted during an interview that the palay that they dry on roadsides “are



Sales at marketing...gunahan ni Cathy Galura, SL Agritech Corp. senior vice presi-dent for operation; Dr. Noel Ma-micpic, vice president for quality control; at Joh Dungca, advertis-ing and promotions manager.

Sinabi ni Galura na ang kom-perensya ay ginaganap taon-taon ng SL Agritech para lalu pang pag-ibayuhin at palaganapin ang mga bagay-bagay na may kinala-man sa kabutihang naidudulot sa mga magsasaka ng pagtatanim ng SL-8H hybrid rice seeds.

“Maganda naman ang nag-iging resulta ng ganitong pag-pupulong at ugnayan, kung saan naihahayag sa amin ng aming mga sales at marketing personnel ang kani-kanilang problemang nai-encounter at dito sa pag-kakataong ito nasusulusyunan ang ganyang mga bagay-bagay,” paliwanag ni Galura.

Tinuturing sa kasalukuyan na ang SL-Agritech Corp and si-yang pinakamalaking prodyuser sa bansa ng hybrid rice seeds. Ang pinakatanyag sa mga ito ay ang SL-8H na karamihan sa mga magsasaka ay ito ang tinatanim.

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Si G. SEVERINO PAYUMO ng Caba-natuan City ay nakapagtala ng record na 345 cabanes kada ektarya noong Mayo 2009 sa pagtatanim niya ng SL-8H hybrid rice. Isang barangay captain sa Bgy. Biliran, si Payumo ay tumanggap ng unang gantim-pala sa nakaraang "Search for the Highest Hybrid Rice Yielder" na inorganisa ng Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA).

Narito ang teknolohiyang ginamit ni G. Payumo sa pagtatanim ng nasabing SL-8H hybrid rice.

pest managementspray 2 liters insecticideapply 2 kilos mollusci-cideproper water management for weedssanitation

Water managementmaintain 2-3 inches water depth

fertiliZer applicationbasal 12 bags

1 bag1 bag1 bag

2 bags2 bags

1 bag1 bag2 bags

1 bag

organic46 - 0 - 014 - 14 - 1416 - 20 - 0

16 - 20 - 014 - 14 - 14

14 - 14 - 1446 - 0 - 016 - 20 - 0

17 - 0 - 17liquid fertilizer

35 dat

50 datfoliar

12 days after transplanting(dat)

yield/hectare: 345 cavans – 26%mc 296.7 cavans – 14%mc.seedbed preparation: 10 bags – organicarea: 400 sq.mage of seedlings for transplanting: 21 days after seedingplanting distance: 18 cm x 15 cm

Ang SL-Agritech ay nagsasagawa ng ug-nayan sa mga magsa-saka sa buong bansa upang bigyan sila ng mahahalagang bagay na nararapat sa pag-tatanim ng mataas na uri ng hybrid rice. Ito ay isinasagawa ng SL-Agritech sa pakikipagtulungan ng mga Municipal Agricultural Office (MAO) ng bawa't p r o b i n s i y a . S a larawan makikitang nagpapal iwanag sina Cathy Galura, SL Agritech senior vice president for operation at Dr. Noel G. Mamicpic, vice president for qua-lity control, sa mga nagsidalo sa nasa-bing pagpupulong sa Nueva Ecija.

farmers' meeting


Muli na namang pinamalas ng mga magsasaka sa Mabini, Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija, ang kanilang kagalakan ng tulad nilang inaasahan, ay aani sila ng higit sa dami ng dati nilang inaani sa pag-tatanim ng SL-8H hybrid rice.

“Talaga namang halos lahat kami na bumubuo ng samahang Bagong Buhay ng Mabini Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BBMMPC) ay masasaya dahil nga sa sunod-sunod na taong paglaki ng aming inaaning palay na hybrid,” sabi ni Florencio Sudoy, chairman ng nasabing kooperatiba.

Si Nimencio Pantaleon ang masasabing pinakamasaya sa lahat sa kanila sa dahilang tumaas ang kaniyang ani ngayong taong ito ng 246 cabanes kada ektarya kumpara sa dati niyang ani noong nakalipas na taon na 134 cabanes lamang kada ektarya. Sa kabuuan, tumaas

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2007 2008 2009bbmmpc membersaverage yield (cavan)2007 2008 2009

1. Alamani, Anacleto2. Alamani, Dante3. Alay-ay, Crispin4. Bolisay, Babylito5. Domingo, Edgar6. Del Rosario, Placido7. Esteban, Zosimo8. Garcia, Eduardo9. Garcia, Maximo10. Leonzon, Faustino11. Macadamia, Roderick12. Mata, Andres

14. Pantaleon, Nimencio15. Perez, Renato16. Rigor, Jose17. Santos, Anselmo18. Sto. Tomas, Antonio19. Sudoy, Florencio20. Umagat, Felimon21. Mendoza, Juanito22. Pantaleon, Maxima23. Pascual, Hermogenes24. Umagat, Romeo

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196181190177160180190211195190178185

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184195191192195187215190

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190195178180

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mAGSASAKA SA NuevA ecijA PATuLoY ANG PAGLAKi NG iNAANiNG PALAY

SA PAGTATANIM NG SL-8 HYBRID RICE

SuDOY

ang kanyang ani ng 112 cabanes. Sa talaang binigay ni G. Su-

doy, pumangalawa si Edgar Do-mingo na umani ng 231 cabanes kada ektarya noong nakaraang anihan, kumpara sa inani niya noong nakaraang taon na 160 ca-banes lamang kada isang ektarya. Sa madaling salita, tumaas ang kaniyang ani ng 71 kabanes kada ektarya nitong nakaraang (2009) anihan.

Sitentay-uno cabanes din ang tinaas ng ani ni Antonio Sto. Tomas. Ang dati niyang aning 160 cabanes kada ektarya ay tumaas ng 231 cabanes bawa’t ektaryang lupang kanyang sinasaka.

Singkwentay-uno, 45, 41, at 39 kabanes naman ang tinaas ng ani nila Felimon Umagat, Ansel-mo Santos, Faustino Leonzon at Babylito Bolisay na kinasiyahan din ng iba pa nilang kasama sa

bbmmpc members13. Mata, Elino

pagsasaka sa ilalim ng nasabing kooperatiba.

Ang nasa ibabang datos ay galing sa tanggapan ng BBM-

average yield (cavan)sl-8h hybrid rice

MPC na nagbigay pahintulot na mabanggit sa babasahing ito ng Gintong Butil.

Documents

Pagtatanim ng SL-8H hybrid rice, lalu pang pinalalaganap