New Video on Biotech Corn in the Philippines
April 10, 2013| |
Sowing the Seeds of Success: A Decade of Biotech Adoption in the Philippines is the latest video produced by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) and the SEAMEO Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA). The 10-minute video presents an updated story of biotech corn in the Philippines, a decade after its commercialization. It complements the first ISAAA video entitled Asia's First: The Bt Corn Story in the Philippines.
Since biotech corn was commercialized in the Philippines in late 2002, its adoption has increased consistently every year. In 2012, stacked traits accounted for 85 percent of the total biotech corn area in the country. About 375,000 resource-poor farmers are estimated to be benefiting from the technology.
View the video at http://www.isaaa.org/resources/videos/sowingtheseedsofsuccess/default.asp.
| |
Biotech Updates is a weekly newsletter of ISAAA, a not-for-profit organization. It is distributed for free to over 22,000 subscribers worldwide to inform them about the key developments in biosciences, especially in biotechnology. Your support will help us in our mission to feed the world with knowledge. You can help by donating as little as $10.
-
See more articles:
-
News from Around the World
- Biotech Information Centers Meeting 2013
- Science Forum 2013 to Discuss Nutrition and Health Link to Agricultural Research
- Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on the Nagoya Protocol
- Burkina Faso Gets US$1.2 Billion Due to Bt Cotton Production
- Argentina Accelerates Approval Process for Biotech Crops
- Disease Resistant Tomatoes Fight Lethal Pests
- Indian Farmers Continue to Adopt Biotech Crops
- New Video on Biotech Corn in the Philippines
- ISAAA Brief 44 Launch at the Government College University in Lahore
- Systematic Approach to Public Understanding of Biotech Needed in Malaysia
- Vietnam Turns S & T Into Key Driving Force
- Saline Resistant Rice Varieties Planted in Vietnam
- The First Biosafety and Bioethics Course in Thailand
- New Aeronautical Technology Aims to Improve Maize Yields
-
Research Highlights
- Effects of Neonicotinoid Pesticides on Bumble Bees
- Relative Expression of Xa7 Controls Bacterial Leaf Blight Resistance
-
Beyond Crop Biotech
- DNA Technology Developed for Faster Species Discovery
- Scientists Use GE in Immune Cells to Clear Leukemia Tumors
-
Announcements
- Second International Conference on Food and Environment, Budapest, Hungary
- Stimulating Innovation in Plant Genetic Resources, Brussels, Belgium
-
Read the latest: - Biotech Updates (April 24, 2024)
- Gene Editing Supplement (April 24, 2024)
- Gene Drive Supplement (February 22, 2023)
-
Subscribe to BU: - Share
- Tweet