Did You Know: November is National Rice Awareness Month
November was declared National Rice Awareness Month by virtue of Proclamation No. 524 signed on Jan. 5, 2004, by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
The observation coincided with the anniversary of the Philippine Rice Research Institute created under Executive Order No. 1061 dated Nov. 5, 1985.
The Department of Agriculture was tasked as the lead agency for the observation. —Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research
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