Changing farmer behaviour
Promoting the responsible use of crop protection products across the Asia Pacific.
In Asia, progress is being made to improve the responsible use of crop protection products or pesticides. But while immense progress is being made to ensure farmers use products responsibly there is still plenty of work to be done.
In the heart of Southeast Asia, Thailand is an excellent example of what can be achieved when different organisations come together for the common good of raising safety standards among farmers.
Read MoreA Filipino Mother and Farmer Wants to Place GM Eggplant on Her Table
by Rosalie Ellasus
Do judges know better than mothers what their children should eat?
In the Philippines, apparently they do. Or at least they think they do.
Last month, my country’s Court of Appeals stopped field tests on genetically modified eggplants—crops that I would happily feed my own children and grandchildren.
We’ve been eating GM crops for years. I grow them on my farm in San Jacinto during the dry season. They’re such excellent crops that I plant them on the 12 hectares that I own and also rent an additional 3.5 hectares.
Read MoreMy food, your food, our food
For the past few years, the global debate has intensified around food security. It’s become part of the international policy arena with the term used to focus attention on accelerating global food production to feed an expected 2 billion more people taking the total to 9 billion by 2050.
A tall order judging by recent comments from The Mary Robinson Foundation at a Dublin conference in mid-April in which the advocacy group presented research on the challenges linked to feeding the world due to climate change. They claim agricultural production will need to increase by 60% just to meet the growing demand between now and 2050.
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