Philippine Agriculture and Fisheries Biotechnology Program

We shall promote the safe and responsible use of modern biotechnology and its products as one of the several means to achieve food security, equal access to health services, a sustainable and safe environment, and industry development.

– National Policy Statement on Biotechnology, July 16, 2001

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Golden Rice Meets Food Safety Standards in Three Global Leading Regulatory Agencies

Los Baños, Philippines, 25 MAY 2018 – GR2E Golden Rice, a provitamin-A biofortified rice variety, completed its third positive food safety evaluation, this time from the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA). In an official response received by the International ...

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“We shall ensure that all technologies that we promote, including modern biotechnology, will provide farmers and fisherfolks the opportunity to increase their over-all productivity and income; enhance the welfare of consumers; promote efficiency, competitiveness, and improved quality standards of local industries – all within the paramount objective of attaining safely and sustainable development, including its human, social and environmental aspects.

– National Policy Statement on Biotechnology, July 16, 2001

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"The Philippine Agriculture and Fisheries Biotechnology Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA Biotech Program) recognizes the need to have more scientists and researchers in the field of agricultural biotechnology.."

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