ANGELES CITY, Philippines – Each Filipino wastes an average of three tablespoons of rice daily, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija said yesterday.
If rice is not wasted, import savings can reach P10 billion in a year and at least 4.3 million hungry Filipinos could be fed, according to PhilRice.
PhilRice, one of the country’s leading rice research agencies, encouraged the public “to eat the right amount of rice and to try other sources of good carbohydrates.”
PhilRice urged Filipinos not to rely only on rice as staple, but also eat other products such as banana, corn, sweet potato, potato and cassava, which “offer comparable caloric values at lesser quantity.”
A study conducted by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics showed that in 2010, each Filipino consumed an average of 113 kilos of rice.
PhilRice will observe National Rice Awareness Month this November to prevent rice wastage.
Activities include the ceremonial harvesting of palay at the Rizal Park in Manila to be led by PhilRice Los Baños and the launching of the Rice Manga, a book on rice conservation. –Ding Cervantes (The Philippine Star)
March –
IT’S WOMEN’S MONTH!
“Respect and support women
every day of the year/s!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week;
Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and “
Made-in-the-Philippines Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:
March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
March 4: Employee Appreciation Day
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Global Recycling Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination
March 23: International Day for the Right to the Truth
Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
and for the Dignity of Victims
March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the
Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 27: Earth Hour
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.
