Source of Information:

DS Bucao, NR Alibuyog , SR Pascu, Jr., AJ Badar, MA Antonio,

RT Utrera, ME Pascua, SR Obien, AC Aguinaldo, AY Alibuyog,
and F Macusi. 2011. Adaptability Trial and Grain Quality
Evaluation of Special Rices Under Rainfed Lowland Condition
in Ilocos Norte

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Research and Development Directorate DS Bucao, NR Alibuyog , SR Pascu, Jr., AJ Badar,

MARIANO MARCOS STATE UNIVERSITY MA Antonio, RT Utrera, ME Pascua, SR Obien,
 Identified promising special rices have premium percent Batac City, Ilocos Norte , Philippines AC Aguinaldo, AY Alibuyog, and F Macusi

head rice and high milling quality. Website:http://mmsu.edu.ph

 As brown rice, the eating quality of the identified promising

special rices was rated fair due to the presence of aleurone
layer which makes the taste perceptible to the consumer.
but as MR, all of the them were rated good to very good
aside from being aromatic.
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 In terms of milling recovery, brown rice has an average
DIONISIO S. BUCAO
advantage of 11.12% to that of the milled rice. This implies Research and Development Directorate
that for every ton of milled rice, brown rice has a yield Crops Research Laboratory
MARIANO MARCOS STATE UNIVERSITY
advantage of about 111 kg. Batac City, Ilocos Norte , Philippines
 Brown rice production from special rices will boost farmers’ Tel. No.: 077 792-3131
Email Address: rddirectorate@yahoo.com
income because it requires lesser fuel in milling.

Mariano Marcos State University, Batac City,

Ilocos Norte, Philippines
 ice is the staple
food of
Brown Rice
majority of the
Filipinos. With
the country’s burgeoning
population (about 95 M)
and high rice per capita Ceremonial Planting Field Day
consumption (126.84 kg
yr-1) the need to produce Milled/Polished Rice
more rice is imperative.
Brown rice (BR)
production is one of the alternatives. This will
boost farmers’ income because BR requires
lesser fuel in milling and has higher milling Grain Quality Evaluation
recovery than white rice (WR). Because of this,
the Department of Agriculture considers BR as
one of the solutions to fortify the country’s
food security. Scientists encouraged the people
to eat BR instead of WR because of its high Dehuller
Polisher
nutritive contents and therapeutic effects
Milled Brown Purity
particularly for diabetic and hypertensive Rice Rice Tester
patients. Special rices can be a good source of
BR due to their aroma and good eating qualities.
Planting materials are still limited and they
should be made available to the farmers the
soonest. Hence, seed multiplication of these
special rices should be given importance. In
addition, assessment of their physical attributes,
grain quality and eating quality is vital to identify
the most promising varieties for the Ilocos.
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