MORE Filipino farmers are now cultivating a biotech crop in the Philippines with 415,000 of them planting the high-yielding, low-input Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt corn) in 831,000 hectares.

In spite of the buzz about biotech in the Philippines, my personal impression is that its biotech industry is at least 15 years behind and the gap is widening further unless something gets done.

MANILA, Philippines — US-based biotech firm InterVenn Biosciences has opened a state-of-the-art office in the Philippines as it banks on the available talent in the country. While the company is ...