BUTUAN CITY, March 15 -- The Department of Agriculture in the Caraga Region (DA-13) is set to open a 600-hectare hybrid rice technology demonstration farm here.

The farm, which will open in the second wet cropping season from June to July of this year, is among the target priority projects of the agency under its rice program for this year.

"The demonstration farm will showcase the different hybrid rice varieties available to our rice farmers in the region," DA-13 said in a statement Wednesday.

It added that the facility will also help identify the suitability of hybrid rice varieties of specific rice-producing areas in the Caraga Region.

The DA-13 initiative is being implemented in partnership with the city government here and the Ag...