RP, U.S. promoting biotech<\/p>\n
MANILA (AFP): The Philippines and the United States are
\njointly undertaking a five-year program aimed at enhancing
\nbiotech research here, a presidential palace statement said
\nSunday.<\/p>\n
Under the US$7-million, five-year program both parties would
\nlook into boosting agricultural productivity through field
\nresearch on biotechnology, the statement said.<\/p>\n
\"Absolutely, I think the Philippines will be one of the
\nleaders in biotech in the Asian region,\" the statement quoted
\nJohn Alexander, an expert in the field from the US Department of
\nAgriculture, as saying.<\/p>\n
Environmental activists have been pressing the government into
\nrethinking its agenda of increasing crop production by
\nintroducing genetically modified crops after officials allowed
\nthe \"field testing\" of gene-altered corn last year.<\/p>\n
Proposed legislation that would ban entry of imported
\ncommodities with genetically modified ingredients as well as
\nimplementing control mechanisms on their local production have
\nbeen pending in Congress.<\/p>",
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