By late 2011 or early 2012 the genetically modified (GM) fruit-and-shoot-borer-resistant (FSBR) eggplant will be available in the Philippines [Dr. Desiree Hautea, research professor of the University of the Philippines Los Baños and FSBR eggplant project leader] At the same time, she said that since the crop will be borer-free, it would increase the income of the farmers by 200 percent, or P50,000 additional income per hectare of production, thus reducing poverty among farmers.