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The profitability of planting transgenic eggplants
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. [...]
27,000 Farmers in Bangladesh Reap the Benefits of Bt Brinjal Due to Strong Political Support
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 [...]
IFPRI Study Says Farmers in Bangladesh Benefited by Adopting Bt Brinjal
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 [...]
Scientists Narrate Past, Present, and Future of the Bt Eggplant Project in Bangladesh
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 [...]
Filipino Farmers Losing PHP33.85 Billion Due to Delays in Commercializing Bt Eggplant
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 [...]
Bt Eggplant Videos
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 [...]
Video: How Bt Eggplant Rescued Bangladesh’s Staple Crop
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 [...]
Filipino Farmers Await Bt Eggplant Commercialization
Filipino Farmers Await Bt Eggplant Commercialization More than a hundred farmers and municipal agriculturists and technicians from the provinces of Pangasinan, Batangas, Quezon, and Davao in the Philippines expressed full support for the commercial planting of Bt eggplant. [...]
Davao’s Vegetable Council Backs Commercial Planting of Bt Eggplant in the Philippines
Davao's Vegetable Council Backs Commercial Planting of Bt Eggplant in the Philippines The Vegetable Industry Council of Southern Mindanao (Vicsmin) in the Philippines has expressed its full support for the commercial planting of [...]
Pangasinan Stakeholders Learn about Bt Brinjal, Affirm Support for Bt Talong
Pangasinan Stakeholders Learn about Bt Brinjal, Affirm Support for Bt Talong Farmers, local government constituents, and other key stakeholders in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines expressed their backing for, and willingness to adopt Bt talong (eggplant) by signing [...]
Philippines Research Shows Bt Eggplant Does Not Harm Non-target Insects
Philippines Research Shows Bt Eggplant Does Not Harm Non-target Insects Genetically modified Bt eggplant has no negative impacts on the biological diversity of non-target organisms, according to researchers from the University of the Philippines Los [...]