Philippines Institutionalizes Biotech Partnership
April 4, 2007| |
Responsible use of biotechnology to enhance local initiatives to address issues of food security and poverty – this was the call by participants to the first Biotechnology Information Organization Network (BIONet) National Congress held in Manila, Philippines. BIONet, a multi-stakeholder partnership with grassroots base, envisions itself in helping to institutionalize and maximize agricultural biotechnology for livelihood, food, nutrition and marketing capability of communities.
During the congress, the Local Government Unit (LGU) Course on Biotechnology was launched by the Department of Agriculture (DA) Biotechnology Program Implementation Unit. This course which aims to educate the local government units headed by chief executives on the benefits of traditional and modern biotechnology, came about from a 2005 Memorandum of Agreement between the DA and the League of Municipal Mayors of the Philippines.
For additional information on BIONet, email Sonny Tababa of the SEARCA Biotechnology Information Center at spt@agri.searca.org.
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