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Philrice pushing fortified rice dev't
THERE is no turning back on the mission
of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to produce new
rice varieties that are rich in micronutrients in order
to combat malnutrition. Dr. Antonio A. Alfonso, director of the
DA's Crop Biotechnology Center (CBC) stressed that plant
breeders of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice)
are cracking their brains to achieve this objective,
particularly in the light of the increasing incidence of
hunger and vitamin A deficiency (VAD) among children and
lactating mothers.
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PH
mango producers get boost in battle against fruit flies
MANGO producers saddled by
strict phytosanitary and quarantine measures imposed by
Japan, the US, Australia and other countries can now use
a technology developed to combat festering fruit flies. The genetic technology to
combat fruit flies is now being propagated worldwide by
Oxitec, a company founded in 2002 based on the work done
by experts from the Oxford University in the United
Kingdom.
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(From
left) Abraham Manalo of Biotechnology Coalition of the
Philippines, Dr. Edita Burgos of
J Burgos Media Services, Father Emmanuel Alparce, Jenny Panopio of the
Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in
Agriculture-Biotechnology Information Center (SEARCA-BIC), Agham
Partylist Representative Angelo Palmones, Melpha Abello of the Manila
Bulletin, Jonathan Mayuga, Jennifer Ng, both of Business Mirror, Rudy
Fernandez of The Philippine Star, Department of Agriculture (DA)
Undersecretary Joel Rudinas, DA-Biotechnology Program Implementation
Unit Director Candida Adalla, National Institute of Molecular Biology
and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Los
Baños Director Rey
Ebora and Biotechnology for Life Media and Advocacy Resource Center
Program Director JoelParedes at
the 2011 Jose G. Burgos Jr. Awards for Biotech Journalism held at the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Social Hall.
2011
Jose G. Burgos for Biotech Journalism Awards held
THE
winners in the 2011 Jose G. Burgos Jr. Awards for
Biotech Journalism were awarded Thursday
night at
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
Social Hall. “Biotech
crops planted in 1B hectares by 15.4 M farmers in 2010”
written by Business Mirror’s Lyn Resurrecction bagged
the first Prize in the Best News Story category.
Malaya’s Paul Icamina’s article “Help for abaca
farmers now available won second prize” and “Bt corn
saved the day for farmer” written by Jonathan Mayuga of
Business Mirror took the third prize.
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OTHER NEWS
Greenpeace trespassed
against academic freedom
Bacteria outbreak
raises safety concern
Symposium on Modern
Biotechnology for
Food and Agriculture
in Zamboanga City a success
LGUs welcome Bt
eggplant field trials
Area cultivated to biotech
crops breaches 1-B hectares
EU countries plant
newly-approved Amflora potato
Bt eggplant trial wins
nod of Kabacan town council
Top UPLB biotechnologist
pushes
fertilizer derived from 'talahib'
Pangasinan town OKs field
trial of Bt eggplant
BM bags 5 biotech journalism award
Manila Bulletin tops
'Burgos'
awards for biotech journalism
DA, DENR chiefs open
National
Biotech Week
celebration which
focuses on food security
PHOTO GALLERY
National Biotech Week 2010
Jose
G. Burgos Jr. Awards for Biotechnology Journalism 2010
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