National Year of Rice — Sapat na Bigas, Kaya ng Pinas

The National Year of Rice is part of the Philippine governmentā€™s bid to achieve rice-self-sufficiency beginning 2013. It is an advocacy campaign that aims to promote responsible rice consumption for better health and less rice wastage and productive farming through the promotion of efficient rice technologies and inspiring farmers to do better. The year 2013 was proclaimed as the National Year of Rice by President Benigno S. Aquino III under Proclamation no. 494 on October 18, 2012 to enjoin everyone in this advocacy

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The National Year of Rice is part of the Philippine government’s bid to achieve rice-self-sufficiency beginning 2013. It is an advocacy campaign that aims to promote responsible rice consumption for better health and less rice wastage and productive farming through the promotion of efficient rice technologies and inspiring farmers to do better. The year 2013 was proclaimed as the National Year of Rice by President Benigno S. Aquino III under Proclamation no. 494 on October 18, 2012 to enjoin everyone in this advocacy

NYR 2013 primarily aims to help achieve rice self-sufficiency through the help of every Filipino - the producers, the policy-makers, and the consumers. Along with that, it also aims to promote better health among rice consumers and improve the income of farmers.

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Everyone and anyone can help make NYR2013 a success.

If you plant rice, adopt recommended technologies. Higher yield means more rice to feed the country.

If you are a policy-maker, you can help create or reinforce policies that would support or promote productivity among farmers and responsible rice consumption among consumers. These policies could include the institutionalization of the serving of half-cups of rice in the foodservice industry to prevent wastage and giving of incentives to productive farmers, among others.

If you eat rice, you can help by reducing rice wastage; trying-out brown rice and other food staples such as banana, sweet potato and corn; and by eating just the right amount of rice.