The government should start reorganizing its agricultural and food priorities to promote the general health of Filipinos and pour support to farmers instead of pushing production of genetically modified crops whose benefits have not been proven, Greenpeace and Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said on Friday. The Supreme Court earlier this week issued a writ of kalikasan, granting a petition filed by Magsasaka at Siyentipiko Para sa Pag-Unlad ng Agrikultura (Masipag) to stop the commercial release of genetically modified (GM) 'Golden Rice' and 'Bt eggplant.

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