Rosalie Ellasus

Still Waiting for Approval to Plant Golden Rice

Rosalie EllasusNovember 21, 2019

Bangladesh is on the verge of making one of the most important decisions in the history of GM crops: It may become the first country to commercialize and grow g...

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The World is Ready for Golden Rice

Rosalie EllasusJune 6, 2018

The world is starting to open its eyes to the wonder of Golden Rice. On May 24, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave its approval to this genetically m...

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Philippine Supreme Court GMO Ruling Shows Vulnerability But Offers Hope When Farmers Speak Up

Rosalie EllasusApril 7, 2016

Judges almost took away our food and our farms. This year’s growing season here in the Philippines is near its end, and once again we faced all of the usual ...

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Golden Rice: Let the Farmers Grow it and the Children Eat it

Rosalie EllasusJune 12, 2014

If we could provide a food that would save the lives of millions of kids, we’d do it. Right? That’s the miracle of Golden Rice, a genetically modified crop t...

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Philippine Farmer to Washington Voters: Your vote on I-522 will impact me

Rosalie EllasusOctober 31, 2013

I live almost 7,000 miles away from Seattle, but here in the Philippines I’m keeping close tabs on I-522, the ballot initiative in the state of Washington to re...

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A Filipino Mother and Farmer Wants to Place GM Eggplant on Her Table

Rosalie EllasusJune 20, 2013

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 ...

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Philippines Eggplant Project Delayed

Rosalie EllasusFebruary 17, 2011

Here’s what happened. Researchers affiliated with the University of the Philippines at Mindanao were trying to produce a better talong, also known as...

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GM Crops: Engine of Economic Mobility

Rosalie EllasusAugust 6, 2010

Here in Asia, we’re starting to ask something similar: Which came first, the chickening out or the GM eggplant? There’s a clear answer to our...

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Take It To The Farmers

Rosalie EllasusFebruary 5, 2010

Now we have what may be his last written words. They appear posthumously, in the preface to a new paper by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technolo...

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Trade

Three Voices. One Message. Ratify USMCA Now.

Farmer’s Caught Between Unenforced Trade Agreements and Political Gamemanship

A New Day Dawning for the U.S. and “Land of the Rising Sun”

Technology

California Can Keep the Water Flowing

Item of Interest: Let’s trust African scientists in war on hunger

Sharing A GM Technology Testimony From India to Uganda