Rappler's latest stories on genetic engineering
UPLB students win award for promoting agriculture
Promoting agriculture, students from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) bag the 2018 Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations (TAYO) Award
Genetic tool that can doom a species under UN review
Gene drive advocates and critics square off in Montreal this week in an obscure working group under the Convention on Biological Diversity
Life-altering science moves fast, sparking debate
Scientific techniques that can wipe out invasive species or alter mosquitoes ability to carry disease are pushing ahead raising concerns about the ethics of permanently changing the natural world
Pahiyas Festival: A colorful glimpse into our farming roots
Rice is the main inspiration of this delightful affair The rice grains rice plants and rice seedlings on display may all seem the same but a closer look will reveal that they are not
Breast milk, indigenous food: A mother’s recipe for healthy children
The long term solution to the nutrition deficiency problem in the Philippines is to promote breastfeeding across the country
Golden Rice: (Com)promised charity
Instead of quick fixes we need to look again at the more practical interventions grounded in our own contexts and histories
Golden Rice: The next GMO battleground
Now at the 4th level of testing Golden Rice is seen as the last barrier to wide acceptance of GMOs
CA upholds GM eggplant field trials ban
CA ruling: Bt talong eggplant field trials violate the people’s constitutional right to a balanced and healthful ecology
PH most 'GMO-friendly' country in Southeast Asia?
Environmentalists farmers are alarmed over continuing approvals of GMOs by the government
