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2009-09-07 | permalink
A GROUP of local corn farmers have asked biotechnology giant Monsanto Co. to develop and distribute a genetically-modified (GM) soybean variety as an alternative crop. ”We are asking Monsanto to help us develop a tropical variety soybean that is round-up ready [weed-tolerant],” Roderico R. Bioco, chairman emeritus of the Philippine Maize Federation, Inc. (Philmaize), told reporters late Monday.
2009-09-07 | permalink
A GROUP of local corn farmers have asked biotechnology giant Monsanto Co. to develop and distribute a genetically-modified (GM) soybean variety as an alternative crop. ”We are asking Monsanto to help us develop a tropical variety soybean that is round-up ready [weed-tolerant],” Roderico R. Bioco, chairman emeritus of the Philippine Maize Federation, Inc. (Philmaize), told reporters late Monday.
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