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Biotechnology
Seminars and Conferences
International and local scientists
and experts have been invited by SEARCA BIC to share their
knowledge and expertise on biotechnology issues such as regulation,
food safety, food security, socioeconomic concerns, and potential
benefits, in biotechnology seminars and conferences conducted
throughout the country and the region. These activities have
helped in enhancing awareness and clarifying the issues related
to crop biotechnology, and to key sectors such as farmers,
the academe, the media, and even the general public.
Study Visits
Through study or field visits
facilitated and organized by SEARCA BIC, key stakeholders
such as farmers and the media were able to get first-hand
experience and appreciate more the experiment being conducted
on upcoming biotech crops such as the Bt eggplant and Golden
Rice in the Philippines. In these visits, scientists and experts
also interacted with the visitors to explain the safety and
regulation of the biotech crops under study.
Essay Writing Contest
Essay writing contests on biotechnology
and its applications are among the activities sponsored by
SEARCA BIC to raise awareness among students on the potentials
of biotechnology. Ideas on and appreciation of biotechnology
in everyday lives and in the context of current issues are
developed among the young students in these competitions.
Quiz Contests
SEARCA BIC partners with the
University of the Philippines Los Baños - National Institute
of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (UPLB-BIOTECH) and
some student organizations such as the UPLB Chemical Society
and the UP Cell Biological Society in holding quiz contests
on biotechnology and other related subjects. Quiz contests
also help raise the awareness of students to biotechnology.
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