The call for the adoption of genetically-modified corn technologies is ”harmful” to corn farmers, a militant peasant group said.

This, as the 8th Philippine National Corn Congress held here last month passed a resolution calling for the adoption of GM corn technologies to increase the average yield of corn production in the country. Pedro Arnado, local chairperson of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, said farmers have complained of low incomes and bankruptcy due to their failure to pay mounting debts from traders in business with multinational GM seed producers.