ISAAA Inc. and its partner organizations conducted the 5th Asian Short Course on Agribiotech, Biosafety Regulation, and Communication (ASCA5) from November 7 to 11, 2022 in Manila, Philippines. The workshop is a capacity building initiative by ISAAA Inc. and MABIC that was started in 2018 to create a platform for Asian scientists and regulators to be competent in the regulations and policies related to biotechnology.
ISAAA Inc., as part of the Know The Science: Strengthening Biotech Links project with the Philippine Department of Agriculture Biotechnology Program Office, launches Double Helix, the first and only magazine supplement on agricultural biotechnology (agbiotech) for senior high school students taking
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During ISAAA s latest webinar, Bohol Governor Aries Aumentado expressed his interest in having biotech experts talk more about the benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops and how they can be planted to co-exist with organic plants in areas such as Bohol and Negros Occidental where organic farming is championed. Providing insights to Filipino farmers about co-existing GM and organic farming will help them learn more about the options that they can use in agriculture.
Genome/gene editing, a new breeding technology that allows scientists and researchers to easily improve traits of different living organisms such as plants, animals, and bacteria, has become more popular as new developments became available. As such, access to fact-based information on genome/gene e