Faeger and PhilRice Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture in the Philippines: Scaling AWD and Biostimulant Innovations in Partnership with Yanmar

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — On Thursday, 8 October, from 14:15 to 14:45 Philippine Time, Faeger Co. Ltd. (Faeger) presented its landmark Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) at the Delegation Building of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Metro Manila (https://www.picc.gov.ph/), as part of the 4th Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Ministerial Meeting. The event was honored by the presence of Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Philippine Secretary of Energy, and Deputy Executive Director for Administrative Services and Finance of PhilRice Jimmy Quilang and Takuro Harada, Country Manager of Faeger.

Building upon its institutional collaboration with DA-PhilRice, Faeger is actively driving a Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) project across the Philippines in close partnership with Yanmar. This landmark agreement establishes a comprehensive joint research framework between Faeger and PhilRice to scientifically validate low-carbon farming practices. The collaboration focuses on proving the dual benefits of significant methane emission reduction and enhanced rice productivity, directly raising farmer incomes and supporting sustainable agricultural development in the Philippines.

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