Agri Biotechnology Research Gets a Boost
Acknowledging the profits of biotechnology application in agriculture, the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) in Philippines, in partnership with the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (BIOTECH) and chosen state universities and colleges (SUCs), is intensifying its biotechnology R&D plan giving specific attention to traditional and modern biotechnology.
The biotechnology program centers on incorporated processing to step-up the esteem and competitiveness of conventional crops designated for local and world markets. This includes the yield of natural components with the application of conventional and innovative technology and the creation of clusters of natural constituents industries.
With the Philippines being rich in biodiversity, it can tap and produce novel products and medicinal drugs for the developing global market.
In a recent dictum of BAR Director Nicomedes P. Eleazar, he noted how bioengineering application in agriculture is seen as an answer to issues in agricultural productivity and food security.
With such an initiative, BAR hopes to develop and promote the adoption of new production and postharvest technologies to increment productiveness and profitability of chosen agricultural commodities while downplaying the environmental impact of farming and fishery uses to effectively manage biodiversity, and help develop science-based policies.
The idea is to fast-track agricultural productiveness that positively and directly step-ups farmers’ incomes, provides access to nutritious and safer food, and helps achieve a healthy environment.
Based at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), BIOTECH has been advertising agricultural bioengineering that betters the productivity of the industry in turning out products that cost less and are safer for family consumption while simultaneously, imparts to a healthy environment.
Biotechnology is the application of any method that utilizes living organisms, or a part of it, to make or modify a product, to improve plants or animals or to develop substances for specific functions. If applied to agriculture, it merely means to use living organisms or part of it, to improve the productivity of crops, livestock and the fisheries.
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