More than 400 Phillipino farmers coming stormed a test field of Golden Rice at the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Unit No. 5 at Pili, Camarines Sur in the Phillipines. Farmers uprooted the genetically modified rice in order to stop the planned commercialization of Golden Rice.
“The farmers have decided to take action against the ongoing Golden Rice field trials.” said Bert Autor , a farmer and spokesperson of SIKWAL-GMO. The group is an alliance of farmers, church people, students, academicians and consumers who oppose GMOs and Agrochemical Transnational Corporations’ control on agriculture.