March 8, 2002 -- On the average, Bt corn yields in the Philippines were higher by 41 percent than non-Bt corn within field trial sites, while Bt corn in farmers'
fields average 60 percent higher yields than non-Bt corn. Despite furious controversy over the trials, including legal battles and the
destruction of one test plot, 84 percent of Filipino farmers surveyed said they would buy Bt corn once it becomes commercially available.

Dr. Leonardo A. Gonzales, an international expert on agricultural economics, presented recently completed research on Bt corn trials at the
University of the Philippines Los Baños. Multiple field trials were conducted at Isabela, Bukidnon, Camarines Sur, and Pangasinan. One
trial in South Cotabato was never completed as anti-Bt corn protesters uprooted the crop.

Bt corn outperformed non-Bt corn in terms of profitability within the trial sites by at least 15 percent and as much as 86 percent.
Farmers' net income on the average from non-Bt corn was not enough to cover the cost of procuring a daily food basket of 2,000
kilocalories, considered the minimum requirement for subsistence living.