The profitability of planting transgenic eggplants By Henrylito D. Tacio The eggplant is used in various cuisines around the world. It can be sliced, battered, and deep-fried, and then served with various sauces. It can also be stuffed with meat, rice, or other fillings and then baked. In [...]
Philippine govt approves Bt Eggplant for commercial cultivation By: John Albert Caraan 25 October 2022. Manila, Philippines – The long wait has finally ended with the approval of commercial cultivation of the borer-resistant Bt Eggplant (Event EE-1) in the Philippines on October 18, 2022. Pursuant to the [...]
Bt Brinjal Farmers Earned 21.7% More, Satisfied with Yield and Crop Quality A farmer harvests brinjal in Bangladesh. Photo Source: Arif Hossain/Cornell Chronicle A new study conducted by Cornell University reveals that eggplant farmers in Bangladesh have attained significantly higher yields and revenues by growing the insect resistant, genetically engineered [...]
Bt Brinjal Technology Boosts Yield, Reduces Pesticides in Bangladesh, IFPRI Reports Bt brinjal increased yield by 42%, reduced cost of growing brinjal by 31%, reduced pesticide applications by 51%, leading to fewer reports of pesticide exposure symptoms. These are according to the report on the Impacts of Bt Brinjal (Eggplant) Technology in Bangladesh published [...]
27,000 Farmers in Bangladesh Reap the Benefits of Bt Brinjal Due to Strong Political Support Bt eggplant or brinjal (Solanum melongena) as it is more commonly known in Bangladesh, has revived the country's eggplant industry by increasing fruit yield and reducing insecticide use, according to a study led by [...]
IFPRI Study Says Farmers in Bangladesh Benefited by Adopting Bt Brinjal "We don't find any problem with Bt brinjal," said Bangladesh Agriculture Minister Dr. Abdur Razzaque when he addressed more than 160 guests at a policy workshop titled Agricultural Transformation in Bangladesh: Evidence on Biotechnology and Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture at Hotel [...]
Scientists Narrate Past, Present, and Future of the Bt Eggplant Project in Bangladesh Since the approval of Bt eggplant for "limited cultivation" in Bangladesh in 2013, ~17% of the total brinjal farmers in the country are already benefiting from the technology. Scientists concisely report the history, present status, and future direction of the [...]
Filipino Farmers Losing PHP33.85 Billion Due to Delays in Commercializing Bt Eggplant The Philippines is losing as much as PHP33.85 billion (US$634 million) because of the delay in commercializing the insect resistant Bt eggplant, according to Dr. Cesar Quicoy, an economist from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Dr. Quicoy [...]
Bt Eggplant Videos Feed the Future release two videos on Bt brinjal success stories in Bangladesh. Watch the videos from the Feed the Future website. (First published on Crop Biotech Update (ISAAA Newsletter), http://www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotechupdate/article/default.asp?ID=16535, June 13, 2018.)
Video: How Bt Eggplant Rescued Bangladesh's Staple Crop University of California Davis plant geneticist Pamela Ronald explains in an episode of Startalk (a podcast hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson) how Bangladeshi and Cornell scientists teamed together to fight destructive pests by developing GMO eggplants. Watch the video on Youtube. (First published on Crop [...]
