Back to Back with the 7th OA Month 2021, November is also the National Rice Awareness Month (NRAM).

This year, the Department of Agriculture’s NRAM is celebrated with the theme “Be RICEponsibly healthy” aiming at raising awareness on healthy and responsible rice consumption as a seen strategy to attain sustainable rice production.

Series of activities are held all throughout November, to wit:

• Sabayang Tanghalian
• Chef Wars : The Organic and Rice Edition
• OAng Quiz Bigas
• Virtual airing of “Mga Kwentong RCEF”
• Amazing Rice Season 2

Culmination activity will be on November 26, 2021.

The annual celebration of NRAM in November is through Proclamation No. 524, series of 2004. This is to help address issues on malnutrition and poverty and help attain self-sufficiency of every Filipino through increasing public awareness on rice.
For more details on these activities, visit the ATI’s official Facebook page at https://facebook.com/atinorthmin