150 million or 12.5 percent of the National Corn Program budget.

Science that is viable and sustainable depends on facts, data and scientific observation.

Diwata 1 and 2 came from research that is now currently helping the farmes through weather
monitoring

Philippines hosts the international rice research institute which has been credited for scientific
breakthroughs in rice farming and food security

We are experiencing problems because of lack in research and development

e are spending 0.2 percent of the gross domestic product on R&D which is way below the suggested international standard of 1
percent.”

“Farmers’ livelihoods were saved and the world dodged a corn crisis, simply because Dr. Lantican and his colleagues were crazy
about research.” So, yes — research works, research is important, research is central to agriculture, food security and virtually all
other fields that seek to generate benefits, productivity and cost-effectiveness from human activity by eliminating wasteful
guesswork and conjecture. (That covers lawmaking and policymaking, by the way.) It is, in fact, one area the country needs to be
more “baliw” (obsessed) about, not less.

961, a study coauthored by a Filipino scientist looked into how a disease called Southern corn leaf blight affected a number of crops
in the corn fields of UP Los Baños. That scientist, Dr. Ricardo M. Lantican, and his team found out that the affected plants had
something in common: the T-cytoplasm trait. But it was only almost a decade later, in 1970, that the value of the study was
recognized when hybrid corn in the United States containing T-cytoplasm was infected with a fungus that laid to waste 15 percent of
that country’s corn crop, resulting in almost $1 billion losses.

“Hindi ako against research, I want research that can be applied. There should be an application para makita natin na yung research
natin ay worthwhile kasi kung hindi man natin mai-a-apply yung research, wala ring use ‘yun,” Villar said in a forum in Quezon City
on Wednesday.

A quality reaction paper takes its readers to a world they will both meet. The readers must feel what the
writer feels in a specific moment. It is like taking them in a journey you will both enjoy and no one must
be left behind.

In writing a good reaction paper, the first paragraph must state what the topic or the issue is all about.

state the main idea of the author. This part must be factual and less opinionated

The body of your paper must contain your reaction towards the subject you are giving perspective. It
can be leading on the topic or against the idea. Giving an example like scenarios, news articles, quotes,
testimonies, and other evidences can boost your judgement on a specific issue you are tackling.

it is better to have one main idea and then end it, than a lengthy one with too many ideas mixing
together. This can lead confusion to your readers.