Angeles-Shim Rosalyn B, Vergara Georgina V
Department of Plant and Soil Science, Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Institute of Crops Science, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Philippines.
GM Crops Food. 2025 Dec;16(1):360-365. doi: 10.1080/21645698.2025.2499997. Epub 2025 May 2.
The Philippine Bureau of Plant Industry released on August 24, 2023, a biosafety permit approving the commercial propagation of cotton in the country. cotton is genetically engineered to have built-in resistance to bollworm, the most destructive pest of the cotton plant. With the issuance of the permit and after more than two decades of economic slump, the Philippines is now gearing towards a renaissance of the cotton industry. But is the Philippines ready to implement the agri-technological innovation that is the cotton? This paper provides insights into the promise of the proposed large-scale adoption of cotton, as well as a commentary on the potential challenges that can impede the long-awaited revival of the cotton industry in this island country. Both challenges and potential solutions are presented in the context of institutional, financial and technical capacity of the Philippines to support the wide scale cotton initiative.
菲律宾植物工业局于2023年8月24日发布了一项生物安全许可,批准在该国进行棉花的商业种植。棉花经过基因改造,对棉铃虫具有内在抗性,棉铃虫是棉花植株最具破坏性的害虫。随着该许可的发布以及经过二十多年的经济衰退后,菲律宾现在正朝着棉花产业的复兴迈进。但菲律宾是否准备好实施棉花这种农业技术创新呢?本文深入探讨了大规模采用棉花的前景,以及对可能阻碍这个岛国期待已久的棉花产业复兴的潜在挑战的评论。挑战和潜在解决方案均在菲律宾支持大规模棉花种植计划的机构、金融和技术能力的背景下呈现。