{"id":57972,"date":"2015-08-03T22:48:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T14:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=57972"},"modified":"2025-01-14T17:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T22:30:07","slug":"uk-researchers-seek-studies-on-ph-food-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/03\/uk-researchers-seek-studies-on-ph-food-security\/","title":{"rendered":"UK researchers seek studies on PH food security"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_20842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20842\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/rice-farm-batangas-agriculture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20842\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/rice-farm-batangas-agriculture.jpg\" alt=\"Rice farmers in Batangas. 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(Photo from Shutterstock\/Daniel Zuckerkandel)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 United Kingdom (UK) researchers have been planning on partnering with Filipino researchers to conduct studies on food security, especially focusing on rice production, resilience and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>The UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the UK Natural Environment Research Council will be working with the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development, and the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute to conduct research on how to improve resource use and quality and develop tools and technologies for better rice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudies have shown that climate change will have a devastating effect of food security if it is not addressed now,\u201d British Ambassador Asif Ahmad said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a country where rice is a main part of almost every meal, enhancing rice production is a major priority\u2026 This project will help farmer productivity and enhance trading in rice, when necessary,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy ozempic online <a href=\"http:\/\/healthdirectionsinc.com\/images\/png\/ozempic.html\">http:\/\/healthdirectionsinc.com\/images\/png\/ozempic.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The proposed research would last for three years.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy diflucan online <a href=\"http:\/\/healthdirectionsinc.com\/images\/png\/diflucan.html\">http:\/\/healthdirectionsinc.com\/images\/png\/diflucan.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Aside from the Philippines, the UK, through its Newton Fund, has also been involved in joint research projects with 14 other partner-countries.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis soft tabs online <a href=\"http:\/\/healthdirectionsinc.com\/images\/png\/cialis-soft-tabs.html\">http:\/\/healthdirectionsinc.com\/images\/png\/cialis-soft-tabs.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 United Kingdom (UK) researchers have been planning on partnering with Filipino researchers to conduct studies on food security, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":20842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-57972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-rewrite","mauthors-cyra-moraleda","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284352,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57972\/revisions\/284352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}