00:00The Department of Agriculture Regional Office 2 is studying the creation of genetically modified corn varieties against fall army worm.
00:0860% or around 654 million pesos of the budget allocation of the National Corn Program is for genetically modified corn.
00:17This is because 40 to 50% of the crop go to waste due to fall army worm infestation in the region,
00:25especially for white corn, which yield is decreasing due to lack of infestation and diseases-resistant variety for it.
00:34With that, DA Region 2 is producing high-yielding varieties of white corn as an intervention.
00:41We established it. I think it's also DA Region 2 that has packaged a protocol on how to control,
00:52manage fall army worm through our Regional Crop Protection Center.
00:57That's why we manage it.
00:58As far as white corn industry development is concerned,
01:03we are the major producer of seeds, quality seeds for planting of other regions.
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