Field Laboratories! Upland Hybrid Rice Program To Address Hunger, Poverty In at least 12 provinces in Mindanao, 16 small lots measuring 1,000-square meters will be transformed into virtual field laboratories next month to establish that modern hybrid rice varieties could be produced in the uplands during the off-season. While upland rice farming is not new to farmers in Mindanao, it has always been a seasonal once-a-year activity which is timed with the onset of the rains that varies depending o