Challenges in Commercializing Biotech Crops Tackled in Seminar
August 2, 2017| |
Socio-economic considerations, multiple agency review, labeling, and legal court challenges are the major obstacles in getting biotech crops to farmers, according to Senior Legal Consultant of the Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS) Atty. Gregory Jaffe, who presented in the Agriculture and Development Seminar Series (ADSS) of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) on July 24, 2017 in his talk titled "GM Crops to Farmers: Curves in the Roads." An example cited was the court case filed against Bt eggplant in the Philippines which is more of a procedural issue than a technical one. According to Atty. Jaffe, the key is transparent and predictable biosafety regulatory procedures that anticipate and address the said issues before a product is approved for release.
The seminar was organized by SEARCA Biotechnology Information Center (BIC) and PBS Philippines. It was attended by students, researchers, and key scientists and experts from the Los Baños scientific community.
For more biotech updates in the Philippines, visit the SEARCA BIC website.
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