On December 6th, the winners of a cartooning contest in the Philippines were awarded prizes for comic strips illustrating the benefits of biotech for food production in the Philippines. The contest was sponsored by ISAAA Inc. ( International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications) in partnership with the Philippine Agriculture and Fisheries Biotech Program (DA Biotech). Contestants were tasked with creating a four-panel strip focusing on the impact of Pinoy Biotek (Filipino biotech) from the perspective of Filipino artists. Artists competed in professional and amateur categories with thirty artists competing in all with first, second, and third prizes awarded in each category. The artists’ takes on biotech were surprisingly sophisticated in a number of instances.
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