Philippine Rice Research Institute(PhilRice)

June 2, 2020 Dear ERLYN GRACE AGUILAR, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Apr 21, 2020 08:56:35 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. You asked for Hybrid Rice Varieties in the Philippines. As to functional properties (physico-chemical characteristics) of hybrid rice varieties, we can provide you information through our website www.philrice.gov.ph. Please visit this and find Products, then click "Seeds". From that landing page, under the information about our fb accounts, you will find "Visit: Rice varieties and characteristics". Click this and you will have the Pinoy Knowledge Bank and get into the choices of the former Philippine Seed Board (PSB) now National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) approved varieties. You will find all the list of all varieties in different ecosystem. Please go to the varieties with H such as NSIC Rc 244H as it connotes hybrid, then go to grain quality tab. As to what are those hybrid varieties being planted in Northern Mindanao to get the information above, please request data from the DA-RFO IX or provinces under this region so to be precise. Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Ms. Fidela P. Bongat with email address: [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker PhilRice FOI Receiving Officer