In 2003, the Philippines made a historical mark in the field of biotechnology when it became the first country in Southeast Asia to plant a biotech crop. As of 2019, the country ranked 12th among the 29 countries planting biotech crops worldwide with 875,000 hectares planted to biotech corn. However
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