Organic farmers in Mindanao have protested the Department of Agriculture’s policy of providing financial support to those who will plant varieties of genetically-engineered corn or Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) corn. Francis Morales, of the Upliftment of the Moral, Economic, Technological, Socio-spiritual Aspirations of Persons or Metsa Foundation, said the government subsidy to BT corn farmers benefits agricultural companies, which have high stakes in the BT corn business.