The Philippines approved the commercial cultivation of 2 genetically modified (GM) crops last year, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA). In the December 14 edition of the newsletter of ISAAA, the Philippines and Brazil are two of the countries that approved GM crops for…
The Philippines Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI) has given its approval for the commercial cultivation of insect resistant Bt eggplant in the country. The
On October 18, 2022, the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Philippine Department of Agriculture granted the “Biosafety Permit for Commercial Propagation (No. 22-001 Propa)” of Bt Eggplant (Event EE-1) to the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) making the Philippines the second country in th