MANILA: A Philippine court has blocked the commercial propagation of genetically modified golden rice because it said conflicting scientific views gave rise to “severe” health and environmental safety concerns.
The cease and desist order directs concerned government agencies to submit proof of safety and compliance with all legal requirements before commercial production continues
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It’s been seven years since the last significant El Niño one of the strongest on record. It triggered disease outbreaks, caused changes in weather conditions that affected fisheries and agricultural production, killed livestock and led to malnutrition and food insecurity. This extreme phenomenon affected more than 60 million people across the globe. And now, […]
Balintang, PHILIPPINES “Seaweeds are important to me because they give me joy when we plant them,” says Melinda Gimotea, as she crouches down among the pile of seaweed seedlings under her stilt house on the southwestern coast of the Philippines’ Palawan province. Facing the teal blue sea on a fine July morning, the 55-year-old […]