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                    [Title] => UP scientists blast raid on Bt eggplant test site
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The forcible uprooting of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) eggplant planted at the UP Mindanao campus has earned the ire of academics and scientists who were appalled at what they describe as an “invasion,” saying it amounts to an “assault on the quest for truth.”

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 643288 [Title] => Raid on Bt eggplant field test site slammed [Summary] =>

Government scientists and academicians hit the forceful uprooting of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) eggplant planted at the University of the Philippines-Mindanao by environmentalists and local authorities recently, an online news agency reported yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2010-12-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 629455 [Title] => Noy leads celebration of Nat'l Biotech Week [Summary] =>

President Aquino has been invited to deliver the keynote address for this year’s celebration of the National Biotechnology Week (NBW), which will be held at the SM Mall of Asia from Nov. 22 to 28.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 539086 [Title] => Agri official endorses protocol for moringa mass propagation [Summary] =>

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pinning its hope on a farmer-scientist’s malunggay seedlings propagation tech-nique to address the increasing demand for malunggay planting materials in the country, an agriculture official said.

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Agriculture officials are confident that the country’s adoption of the Bt cotton technology from China and India will help boost the local cotton industry and rev up Philippine agriculture in the next few years.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 529383 [Title] => Biotech Abaca [Summary] =>

The introduction of a high-yielding, bunchy top virus-resistant variety is expected to boost the country’s abaca industry, an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/3346/agri1thumb.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 525175 [Title] => DA steps up commercial cultivation of malunggay [Summary] =>

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is stepping up the propagation of malunggay seedlings for massive commercial cultivation.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 411290 [Title] => DA official pushes more investments in abaca [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) must encourage the expansion of existing abaca plantations and encourage local entrepreneurs ... [DatePublished] => 2008-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 409982 [Title] => DA pushes CL as aggie biotech hub [Summary] => The Department of Agriculture-Biotechnology Program Office (DA-BPO) is eyeing to develop Central Luzon as a hub for agricultural ... [DatePublished] => 2008-10-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 62648 [Title] => Malunggay Park opens in QC [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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