LOOK: PhilRice creates ‘DU30 paddy art’

Photo from the PhilRice Los Baños Facebook page

The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Los Baños, Laguna, wowed netizens when it posted on social media a photo of a rice field embellished with President Rodrigo Duterte’s nickname.

The mostly green rice field displayed the word “DU30,” with the zero represented by the face of the President.

“Come and take a look at PhilRice LB’s Paddy Art, at the 10-5 Palayabangan Field along Biotech Rd, UPLB! #DU30 #paddyArt #philrice #rice #art,” PhilRice said in its Facebook post.

The post has been shared more than 100 times with people commenting that they want to see it. One netizen said he wants to take a selfie there.

Earlier this year, PhilRice released a photo of a rice field with the faces of the popular television love team “Aldub” (Alden Richards and Maine “Yaya Dub” Mendoza) in a bid to encourage millennials to consider rice farming.

Photo from the PhilRice website

“In designing the rice paddy art, the Institute’s FutureRice program employed the anamorphosis principle, an art technique used for a distorted artwork that will only appear normal when viewed from a certain angle. It is the same principle used in 3D street and room art,” it said in its release.

PhilRice said rice paddy art is popular in Japan and other rice-producing countries.

It is part of the FutureRice program, which aims to showcase technologies and practices that help improve farming in the country. KS/rga