How Platinum BioChar helps reverse a climate-driven rice crisis — and supports the Province of Iloilo's drive to 6 tonnes per hectare.
El Niño-driven drought, rising heat and erratic rainfall are cutting rice yields across Iloilo, while imported-fertiliser costs climb — hitting farming families hardest, with women and children most exposed.
The Department of Agriculture's institute pioneered rice-husk carbonisation.
Replicated IRRI and peer-reviewed trials show rice-husk biochar lifting yields and locking carbon in the soil for centuries.
Countrymen. Kin. Fellow travellers. In our tradition, kababayan is the whole village coming together to lift a neighbour — when a family moves their home, everyone carries it together. That is the spirit of the programme: farmers, families and partners lifting one another — from Mina, for the Philippines.
“Kababayan” — an original oil painting; a wedding gift from Maribeth de Montaigne to her husband David on their wedding day, 35 years ago. · The programme is delivered with our independent non-profit partner, School Aid MTÜ.
For the Province, LGUs, PhilRice, TESDA and NGOs — let's talk.
