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Jun 21, 2022 · Genetically modified organisms (GMO) products were introduced to Philippine agriculture by Filipino researchers as a way to combat nutrient deficiency and malnutrition. According to the World Food Program (WFP), about one out of nine people in the world do not have enough food to live a healthy life.
May 3, 2023 · Here are three of them: Bt Eggplant. In 2022, The Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture in the Philippines granted a biosafety permit for the commercial cultivation of borer resistant Bt Eggplant to the University of the Philippines Los Baños.
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Dec 20, 2023 · Research Article. A struggle for control beyond the facts: examining constructs of GM technology in Philippine opinion columns. Inez Z. Ponce de Leon. Pages 1-19 | Received 09 Aug 2023, Accepted 29 Nov 2023, Published online: 20 Dec 2023. Cite this article. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645698.2023.2290752. In this article. ABSTRACT. Introduction.
ABSTRACT. Genetic modification in plants was first recorded 10,000 years ago in Southwest Asia where humans first bred plants through artificial selection and selective breeding. Since then, advancements in agriculture science and technology have brought about the current GM crop revolution.
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Jul 2, 2021 · July 2, 2021. Filipino farmers, including low-income households, have benefitted economically from growing genetically modified (GM) corn, according to a new study. The study, published in the International Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, was conducted to assesses the economic value of growing GM corn in the Philippines between ...
Mar 25, 2022 · This paper analyses the farm economic viability of genetically modified (GM) corn in the Philippines. Data was collected from 114 farmers in Isabela province including non-GM, Bacillus thuringiensis ( Bt ), herbicide tolerant (HT) and Bt HT corn farmers.
Philippines. The importance of genetically modified (GM) crops is well known and demonstrated in many cases in the recent past but what is most needed today is the case studies on scaling up of the adoption of GM crops with good example of its economic benefit and policy institutionalization of scaling up the adoption.
