IN a landmark step for biosafety regulatory processes in the Philippines, the government approved Golden Rice for commercial planting, and the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) eggplant for direct use as ...

The Filipino scientific community received a rare boost on Tuesday with the reversal by the Supreme Court of its ban on Bt “talong” after an appeal by researchers at the University of the Philippines ...

Farmer Ernesto Papio had all the reasons to join this town’s ‘Talong’ (Eggplant) Festival parade this year. Harvest has been good, he said, and the price of eggplant, Villasis town’s leading ...

The Supreme Court's judgment of the relative safety of Bt talong 'can be challenged for lack of rigor, leading to injustice, or worse willfully exposing farmers and consumers to greater risks' The ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Court of Appeals on Thursday, September 26, affirmed its earlier ruling banning field trials of genetically-modified eggplant on Philippine soil. A petition filed last May 17 ...

Fruit-and-shoot-borer infested non-Bt eggplant (left) and FSB-resistant Bt eggplant. Filipino farmers can finally plant the borer-resistant Bt ‘talong’ (eggplant) after the Philippine government ...