GM PAPAYA, EGGPLANT SOON TO BE COMMERCIALIZED IN RP
June 03, 2007
It’s but a matter of time before production of genetically modified (GM) papaya and eggplant will be commercialized...
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UP SCIENTISTS TRYING TO HELP ABACA INDUSTRY
May 31, 2007
Scientists of the University of the Philippines have recently been tapped to enhance the productivity and profitability of abaca by making it resistant to diseases.
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SAGA OF THE BIOFUEL: THE PHILIPPINE EXPERIENCE
May 30, 2007
Did you know that as early as the 1930s ethyl alcohol (ethanol) has been used as a motor fuel in the Philippines? ...more
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INDIA: Bt COTTON TO DOMINATE IN TOTAL COTTON ACREAGE
May 30, 2007
MUMBAI - The genetically modified cotton varieties would account for half of the total area covered under cotton in India, Kishorilal Jhunjhunwala, president of the East India Cotton Association said here on May 24...
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EU CRAFTING BIOFUEL RULES WITH EYE ON ENVIRONMENT
May 29, 2007
BRUSSELS - The European Commission plans new measures to ensure increased use of biofuels reduces greenhouse gas emissions, an EU official said on Thursday...
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BIOTECH PAPAYA RESISTANT TO PRSV NOW UNDER CONFINED TRIALS
April 30, 2007
The National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines (NCBP) has approved the confined trial of the Papaya resistant to Ringspot Virus-Resistant through a letter dated February 12, 2007...
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ASIA TO DRIVE GROWTH OF GMO CROPS NEXT DECADE
January 31, 2007
BEIJING, Jan 29 (Reuters) — Asia is set to become the driving force behind biotech crops in the next decade, despite hesitance by China to commercialize GMO rice, a Chinese scientist and an international body said on Monday.
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SOUTH AFRICA: AFRICAN LEADERS URGED TO SUPPORT BIOTECH
January 30, 2007
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EXPERTS WELCOME GOVT APPROVAL OF 9 APPLIED BIOTECH-RESEARCH PROJECTS
January 29, 2007
“It means the government is serious in making the technology accessible to farmers,” Dr. Emil Javier, president of the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), said...
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BIOFUELS ACT SEEN AS BOON TO SUGAR, COCONUT SECTORS
January 29, 2007
"We should immediately take advantage of the signing into law of the Biofuels Act so that our farmers can start reaping its benefits in the form of higher incomes, more livelihood opportunities, and more areas developed for agribusiness projects," Yap said.
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RP NOW A KEY PLAYER IN GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE NETWORK ON BIOTECH
January 29, 2007
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – A Philippine-based center now forms part of the Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology, providing vital information on biotechnology to developed and developing countries across the world...
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RP’S GM AREA GROWS TO 200,000 HA IN ’06
January 28, 2007
Dr. Randy A. Hautea, ISAAA global coordinator and director of the Los Baños-based ISAAA Southeast Asian center, said the area devoted to GM or Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) corn last year was almost three times the 70,000 ha in 2005...more
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BIG INCREASE IN GM BT CORN HECTARAGE HELPED RAISE DOMESTIC SUFFICIENCY
January 22, 2007
A hefty leap in the growing of genetically modified Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn by more than 100 percent to 200,000 hectares in 2006 is contributing to the Philippines’ achieving a significant level of corn sufficiency.
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SCIENTISTS SEEK PARTY-LIST ACCREDITATION
January 22, 2007
A GROUP of scientists led by former University of the Philippines president Emil Javier is seeking accreditation as a party-list group to push the interest of their "marginalized sector."
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FILIPINO SCIENTIST SECURES PATENT FOR ‘BIOPLASTIC’
January 22, 2007
A bioplastic using the organism "bacillus megaterium" being patented by a Filipino scientist holds the potential of creating an integrated plastics industry particularly in niche products like medical and orthopedic implants which are fully import-dependent.
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MORE AREAS PLANTED TO ‘Bt’ CORN
January 22, 2007
The Philippines increased areas planted to Bt corn by more than 100 percent in 2006, indicating farmers’ acceptance and increasing awareness of the benefits of genetically modified crops.
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BIOTECH CROPS COVER 102 MILLION HECTARES GLOBALLY IN 2006
January 22, 2007
More farmers around the globe planted biotech crops that covered more areas in 2006, the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) annual report said...
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AGRI SECTOR SEEN TO GROW 5% THIS YR, 8% IN ’08
January 21, 2007
Yap, who described 2007 as an "investment year" for the farm sector, said the forecast is anchored on the congressional approval of the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for the year, which provides for a higher allocation for the Department of Agriculture (DA) for rural infrastructure and other key programs, and takes into account the possible resurgence of the El Niño dry spell and other adverse weather conditions that could hurt farm output.
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INDIA: GREENFIELD VENTURES
December 14, 2006
India is ticking along nicely at 9 per cent, even with agriculture growing at less than 2 per cent. Enough reason, then, to believe that the country can run up a sustainable double-digit growth rate, if agriculture were to grow at 4-5 per cent per annum....http://www.checkbiotech.org/root/index.cfm?fuseaction=news&doc_id=14069&start=1&control=210&page_start=1&page_nr=101&pg=1
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BIOTECH SEEN DOUBLING U.S. CORN YIELDS BY 2030
December 12, 2006
CHICAGO -- Advances in seed breeding could allow U.S. farmers to double corn yields by 2030, reaching a national average yield of 300 bushels per acre, a seed researcher said on Thursday. Average yields in prime Corn Belt states such as Iowa could jump to 350 bushels per acre from 163 in 2006.... more http://www.agbios.com/static/news/NEWSID_8066.php
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EXPERTS DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES ON CLONAL PROPAGATION OF COCONUT
December 12, 2006
Top scientists and tissue-culture experts from the PCA-Albay Research Center (ARC) based in Guinobatan, Albay, are leading the two-year modern biotechnology project headed by Dr. Erlinda P. Rillo....more
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TWO UP SCIENTISTS DEVELOPING ABACA RESISTANT TO VIRAL DISEASES
December 12, 2006
To step up efforts to save the country's abaca industry from three major viral diseases that continue to threaten one of the country's major dollar earners, two scientists from the University of the Philippines (UP) are proposing to develop genetically modified abaca that is resistant to the viral disease.
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BIOTECH R&D ON THE UPSWING
December 10, 2006
Applied biotechnology research and development is on the upswing in the Philippines....
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COMING SOON: Bt EGGPLANT
December 10, 2006
It's but a matter of time before genetically modified (GM) or Bt eggplant will become a part of the country's vegetable landscape.
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EDITORIAL: SCIENCE OF THE AGES CAN SAVE THE FUTURE
November 16, 2006
The holding of the "10th APEC Agricultural Technological Cooperation Working Group-Research, Development and Extension on Agricultural Biotechnology," and the "Third Asian Biotechnology Conference" in the Philippines was significant because it effectively recognizes the country's rightful place in the world's biotech map.
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