Clement Dionglay
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Infographics: Biotech crops have benefited more than 65 million people around the world. Here are some of the benefits
Since 1996, the global area planted to biotech crops has consistently increased, with significant expansion recorded in developing countries. In ...
Infographic: Here’s where GM crops are grown around the world today
Do you know where biotech crops are grown in the world? This updated ISAAA infographics show where biotech crops were ...
No access to GM, insect-resistant eggplant costs the Philippines $634 million annually
[Philippine eggplant crops suffer] tremendous damage from the eggplant fruit and shoot borer (EFSB), its major pest. The Bt eggplant ...
Philippines’ major eggplant-producing provinces back insect-resistant Bt GM brinjal approval
Eggplants are susceptible to the eggplant fruit and shoot borer (EFSB), a pest that causes around 70-80% yield loss annually ...
Insect-resistant GM eggplant could boost Philippines’ crop yields 192%, reduce pesticide use 48%
Eggplant is an economically important vegetable in the Philippines, where its production accounts for nearly one-third of the total volume ...
Filipino farmer: Growing GMO crops ‘changed my life completely’
Ryan Lising, a biotech corn farmer from Magalang, Pampanga said that planting biotech corn changed his life completely. Before planting ...
Infographic: Philippines could boost crop yields 192%, cut pesticide use 48% with GMO insect-resistant eggplant
In the Philippines, eggplant farming is a major source of income for thousands of farmers in the eggplant-producing regions in ...
