Genetically Modified Crops: Experiences, Challenges and Monitoring in the Municipalities of Villasis, Pangasinan and Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Jennilee T. Abrenica1, & Angela B. Austria2
1Don Ramon E. Costales Memorial National High School,
2Dr. Ramon De Santos National High School, Philippines
DOI – http://doi.org/10.37502/IJSMR.2022.51001

Abstract                                                            

This study was conducted to narrate the experiences of farmers and local government unit (LGU) employees in the Municipalities of Villasis, Pangasinan and Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) particularly GM crops. This study also sought to identify the challenges encountered by the farmers and the LGUs in using GM crops and it also determined how the LGUs monitor and help the farmers in GM crop production. The findings of this study served as the basis for creating possible courses of action that the LGUs could do to help the farmers, especially the low-production farmers, maximize their production by using GM crops. The researchers employed qualitative research design, particularly the narrative approach through the conduct of one-on-one interviews with farmers and focus group discussion with LGU employees then specific themes were formulated to describe the experiences and challenges encountered by the farmers and the LGUs and how the LGUs monitor and help the farmers.

Keywords: genetically modified organisms, experiences, challenges, monitoring, crop production, farmers

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