ISAAA Inc. and DA Biotech Forge Partnership for Transformative Public Engagements on Biotechnology in the Philippines
The Philippines is one of the pioneers in biotech crop adoption, particularly in Asia. In 2002, the Philippine government granted commercial approval to Bt corn, a product of biotechnology with enhanced resistance to the Asian corn borer. However, biotechnology R&D had started long before this landmark approval. In 1979, the National Institutes of Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology (currently known as the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology or BIOTECH) was established. As of April 2025, the Bureau of Plant Industry Approval Registry contains 111 event approvals for direct use, 11 events for propagation, and 4 events for field trial.
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