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2008-12-03 |

Philippine Cabinet officials back biotech use to boost food production

TWO Cabinet officials on Monday stressed the need to harness biotechnology for the country to boost food production, develop cheaper but effective medicines, and upgrade the production of commodities using higher-yielding crops with higher nutritional content. [...] ”If we do not use biotechnology for our benefit, we may just be left out by other governments and other societies that would harness it for their own good,” he told a group of scientists and biotechnology advocates.

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2008-12-03 |

Philippine Cabinet officials back biotech use to boost food production

TWO Cabinet officials on Monday stressed the need to harness biotechnology for the country to boost food production, develop cheaper but effective medicines, and upgrade the production of commodities using higher-yielding crops with higher nutritional content. [...] ”If we do not use biotechnology for our benefit, we may just be left out by other governments and other societies that would harness it for their own good,” he told a group of scientists and biotechnology advocates.

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