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ers, and partners from PhilRice, BPRE, and the
Department of Agriculture, Region 02 (Figure
4). In this occasion, the flatbed dryer was inaugurated,
the seed production area of the NSFP,
shown to farmers, and collaborative research
endeavors with PhilRice, showcased.
Quality Seeds and Income Generation
Table 1 presents the new batch of inbred
rice seeds produced in NVSU, farmers
who availed the seeds and the gross sales
from seeds. Four varieties were produced giving
a total of 96.25 bags, gross income of P105,
800.00 and 36 farmer beneficiaries. NVSU
bought 10 bags of NSICRc148 from NSFP for
its own rice production covering about 8 hectares.
Rice farmers as far as Dupax Del Norte
and Lagawe, Ifugao also bought seeds from
the project. Part of NSICRc140 which had
problems with drying and germination due to
rains was sold to NVSU constituents as milled
rice. Income from seeds and rice contributed to
other needs of the project.
Table 1. Inbred rice varieties produced and farmer beneficiaries who availed of certified seeds
of NSFP (November, 2008 and January, 2009).
Seven (7) new cooperators from various
towns of Nueva Vizcaya entered the corn
contract growing with NSFP (Table 2). A total
of 10 bags of foundation seeds of Obatanpa,
for 10 hectares, were distributed to farmers
E.A Sana, et. al
but only 6.3 hectares were actually planted. Of
these, 11.08 tons of corn-on-cobs amounting
to P88, 460.00 were bought by NSFP from cooperators.
The seeds were dried, shelled, and
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