VILLAR AS A GUEST SPEAKER IN THE OPENING OF 26TH NATIONAL RICE R & D CONFERENCE: Bethzaida Catudan, one of the authors of the Phil. Rice Book hands a copy to Sen. Cynthia Villar during its launching at the 26th National Rice R & D Conference last Sept. 4 in Munoz, Nueva Ecija, while (L-R) – Philrice Exec. Dir. Eufimio T. Rasco, Central Mindanao University President and Philrice Board of Trustee Ma.Luisa Soliven and Philrice Deputy Director Dr.Jose Manuel Regalado look on. In her keynote address in the same occasion, Sen. Villar stresses that agricultural development is the key to resolve poverty in the country. She also vows to push for the support in agriculture and the farmers which have been neglected under the past administrations.