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A chemical pesticide and herbicide-free environment. Poor people getting free doses of beta carotene just by eating rice.

These are but some of the claimed benefits of biotechnology -- genetic engineering to be specific. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 95121 [Title] => Field Trials Of 'Mutant' Corn: GenSan execs asked to reconsiderban [Summary] =>

Agroseed Phils., which is currently conducting field trials in Lagao, General Santos City together with the UP Institute for Plant Breeding to test the adaptability of a genetically engineered corn variety, said they will still try to convince the local government to reconsider its decision banning the experiment.

"It will be a waste since this early, we can already see that the field tests are successful and Bt corn can help local farmers, who are now suffering from the devastating effects of the Asian corn borer," Agroseed's Dr. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100872 [Title] => Cargill Phils says it was wrongly accused by anti-Bt corn groups [Summary] =>

Cargill Philippines, Inc. said in a statement that it was wrongly accused of conducting field tests of Bt corn, a genetically enhanced corn variety, in General Santos City, the Philippines. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101239 [Title] => Field testing of superior corn strain undertaken [Summary] =>

The University of the Philippines Institute of Plant Breeding and Agroseed Philippines have started the controversial field testing of Bt corn in General Santos City, despite opposition raised by some non-government organizations as to its possible adverse effects on the environment.

This was after the National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines, headed by Science and Technology Undersecretary Rogelio Panlasigui, decided with finality last Dec. [DatePublished] => 2000-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )

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Agroseed Phils., which is currently conducting field trials in Lagao, General Santos City together with the UP Institute for Plant Breeding to test the adaptability of a genetically engineered corn variety, said they will still try to convince the local government to reconsider its decision banning the experiment.

"It will be a waste since this early, we can already see that the field tests are successful and Bt corn can help local farmers, who are now suffering from the devastating effects of the Asian corn borer," Agroseed's Dr. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100872 [Title] => Cargill Phils says it was wrongly accused by anti-Bt corn groups [Summary] =>

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The University of the Philippines Institute of Plant Breeding and Agroseed Philippines have started the controversial field testing of Bt corn in General Santos City, despite opposition raised by some non-government organizations as to its possible adverse effects on the environment.

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