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[Title] => Farmers hope for approval of Bt eggplant cultivation
[Summary] => Despite the series of calamities that hit the Philippines recently, specifically the Visayas region, Filipino farmers remain hopeful of the Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) eggplant cultivation, which will spare farmers and consumers from harmful chemical sprays even as Bangladesh already approved Bt brinjal’s commercial release in its market.
[DatePublished] => 2013-11-12 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1298072
[AuthorName] => Ehda Dagooc
[SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business
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[ArticleID] => 627377
[Title] => Farmers back field trials for GM eggplant
[Summary] => Farmer-leaders from across the country have expressed strong support for the multilocation trials of genetically modified (GM) eggplants now being conducted by government researchers.
[DatePublished] => 2010-11-07 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1723283
[AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez
[SectionName] => Agriculture
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[ArticleID] => 377421
[Title] => Pampanga farmers planting GM corn variety
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MEXICO, Pampanga — Barangay Anao here may well be called the "Bt corn capital" of the country
The reason: All of its 145 farmers are planting the genetically modified (GM) Bacillus thuringiensis or Bt corn.
Bt is a bacterium that naturally occurs in soil. Through biotechnology or genetic engineering, a specific gene of Bt has been inserted in the corn variety.
The Bt corn produces its natural pesticide against the Asian corn borer, one of the most destructive pests attacking corn in Asia, including the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-30 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1723283
[AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez
[SectionName] => Nation
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[ArticleID] => 376950
[Title] => US ethanol program reduces corn exports to agri countries
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Countries depending on the US for corn to feed their livestock industries stand to import less volume as the US diverts more of its corn harvest to its ethanol program.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-27 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1723283
[AuthorName] => Rudy A. Fernandez
[SectionName] => Business
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[Title] => Coming soon: Bt eggplant
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It’s but a matter of time before genetically modified (GM) or Bt eggplant will become a part of the country’s vegetable landscape.
Developed in India, the first GM eggplant variety was introduced in the Philippines two years ago.
Tested under "contained" conditions in the greenhouses of the University of the Philippines Los Baños-Institute of Plant Breeding (UPLB-IPB), the Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) crop is programmed to "graduate" to a "confined" (still limited but outside the greenhouse) environment in early 2007.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-10 00:00:00
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[SectionName] => Agriculture
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[Title] => Yap to keynote Asian biotech workshop
[Summary] =>
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap will keynote the opening program of an Asian workshop on biotechnology to be held Dec. 4-7 at the Hotel Intercon in Makati City.
Other speakers at the workshop’s opening ceremony are Dr. Randy Hautea, global coordinator of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA); Jude Akhidenor, agriculture attaché, Office of Agricultural Affairs, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA); and Andrew Rude, USDA biotechnology group/foreign agricultural service.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-04 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[SectionName] => Business
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