LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Biotechnology is one of the tools the Philippines uses to reach its food security goals and to modernize its food systems to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number 2 of zero hunger by 2030.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biotechnology provides farmers with tools that can make production cheaper and more manageable. For example, some biotechnology crops can be engineered to tolerate specific herbicides, which make weed control simpler and more efficient.

Detailed explanation-3: -Biotechnology is particularly important in the field of medicine, where it facilitates the production of therapeutic proteins and other drugs. Synthetic insulin and synthetic growth hormone and diagnostic tests to detect various diseases are just some examples of how biotechnology is impacting medicine.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Philippines is the first country to plant a biotech crop in Southeast Asia in 2003 after Bt maize was approved for planting in 2002. The country ranked 12th among 29 biotech crop planting countries in the world in 2019 when more than 673, 000 Filipino farmers planted 875, 000 hectares of biotech corn.