The soil technology challenges in increasing rice production in the Philippines were discussed in the context of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act Among them were a validation of current and potential ricelands characterization and classification of ricelands as to suitability for rice production validation of soil fertility management inputs for sustainable productivity,d details of land quality improvement for ricelands of high inherent development potentials, and e providing strategic and access centers or dissemination points of the information to the users.