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.

Its observance coincides with the anniversary of the Philippine Rice Research Institute created under Executive Order No. 1061 signed on Nov. 5, 1985.

The Department of Agriculture is in charge of heading the celebration of National Rice Awareness Month. —Marielle Medina