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Winners in 2008 Jose G. Burgos Jr. Awards for Biotech Journalism awarded

THE reporters from Philippine Daily Inquirer and BusinessWorld topped the winners in the 2008 Jose G. Burgos Jr. Awards for Biotech Journalism which awarding ceremonies was held on Thursday, November 27, at the Institute for Small-Scale Industries (ISSI) in the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. Anselmo Roque of the Philippine Daily Inquirer bagged the first prize in the Best Feature Story category for his article "Carabao may be key to biofuel, says scientist", while Eric Dorente of BusinessWorld won the first prize in the Best News Story Category for his article "Biotech and GMO use on the rise in RP." The Manila Bulletin, BusinessMirror and The Philippine Star won the first, second and third prizes, respectively, in the institutional category for supporting the information dissemination of biotech stories by printing the most number of such stories. Melody Aguiba of Manila Bulletin was conferred the Hall of Fame award for having won the top prize in the J.Burgos biotechnology awards in the past three years.

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Savant says agricultural biotechnology crucial
to solving food, energy problems

LEADING biotechnologist Dr. Benigno Peczon says the massive cultivation of biotech crops would assure the Philippines that there will be enough food for the entire population even in the next one million years. Peczon also stressed in his address at a scientific meeting at the University of the Philippines in Diliman (UP Diliman) last Wednesday, November 26, that biotech crops would guarantee that the country shall have enough energy while oil wells in the Middle East dry up. The scientist stressed during the celebration of the 4^th National Biotechnology Week at the Institute of Small-Scale Industries (ISSI) in UP Diliman: “In the next few years, Middle East will run out of oil. But in the next million years, we will not run out of sunshine.”

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Putting biofertilizers to good use

BY JOEL C. PAREDES and IAN GO

SUPERSUCCESSFUL agriculture scientists may differ in their views, but they have one trait in common: A conspicuous urge for perfection.Hardly do they realize that what is good for humanity could be a gold mine waiting to be resuscitated from their seemingly never-ending research work.Take the case of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), which has actually developed a handful of badly-needed biofertilzers, most of which have been developed in the 80s, but are hardly being tapped for commercial use.Biofertilizers can actually provide cheaper, effective and at best locally available to the agriculture sector, which has been importing about 85 percent of its fertilizer needs.

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BIONet aktibo sa Biotech Week

PUSPUSAN ang paghahanda ng Biotechnology Information and Organization Network (BIONet) nalalapit na pagdaraos ng ikaapat taong ng selebrasyon ng National Biotechnology Week.  Noong mga nakaraang pagdiriwang ng National Biotechnology Week, dumalo  ang mga miyembro nito sa bawat aktibidades ng buong linggong programa kabilang na. Ngayong 2008, lalong lalawak ang partisipasyon ng mga miymebro ng oragnisasyon na direktang lalahok sa  selebrasyong alinsunod sa Proclamation 1414 na nilagdaan ni  Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Nobyembre noong nakaraang taon na nagtatalaga sa bawat huling lingo ng Nobyembre kada taon bilang National Biotechnology Week. Tiyak na higit na magiging makulay ang selebrasyon ng National Biotechnology Week sa taong ito dahil sa partisipasyon ng BIONet. Ang pagdaraos ng ikalawang National BIONet Congress ang pangunahing palatuntunan ng organisasyon sa unang araw ng selebrasyon na nakatakda sa ika-24 ng Nobyembre.

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Bakit kailangang magtanim ng malunggay?

Ang malunggay ay halamang kapakipakinabang. Ang dahon nito ay maaring  gulayin na mag-isa o ihalo sa ibang gulay katulad ng sa ginisang munggo. Sa putaheng may karne, ito ay ginagamit na sahog sa tinolang manok. Ang sariwang dahon ay maaring gawing salad o kaya naman ay katasan upang gawing “juice”. Ang pinatuyong murang dahon ay ginagawa ring “green tea” o tsaa. Sa panahon na sagana ang dahon, ito ay maaaring ipatuyo, gilingin at iimbak sa tuyong lalagyan. Ang pandesal na hinaluan ng giniling na dahon ng malunggay ay mas masustansya sapagkat ang dahon nito ay may taglay na 26% “crude protein” at mayaman sa Bitamina A, C, iron at potasyum.

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