CONVENTIONAL INSECT RESISTANT (Bt) No pesticides needed More supply in market 192% Marketable yield advantage 15% Cost advantage Increased income Better health No soil contamination Pesticide applied as much as 1-2 hrs/day, 4 days/week A total of 42 hrs per production period at a rate of 65 liters/ha Beneﬁcial insects not affected Source: Gerpacio, Roberta V. and Albert P. Aquino (eds). 2014. Socioeconomic Impacts of Bt Eggplant: Ex-ante Case Studies in the Philippines. ISAAA, Ithaca, New York, USA and SEAMEO SEARCA, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines Insecticide residue detected Increased exposure to pesticides Fruit and shoot borer (FSB) causes 20-92% yield loss Internal feeders, pesticide application is often futile A broad spectrum of insecticides Consisted of 25 commercial brands: • 2 category I (highly toxic) • 9 category II (moderately toxic) • 7 category III (slightly toxic) • 7 category IV (non-toxic) Reported effects on health: • Dermal irritation • Respiratory problems • Dizziness, nausea, vomiting • Altered cardiovascular function • Reduced muscular strength • Occupational skin cancer • Increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma • Atrophy and paralysis of exposed body parts Not prone to FSB infestation WHICH EGGPLANT WILL YOU CHOOSE? Peace of mind

WILL YOU CHOOSE? · CONVENTIONAL INSECT RESISTANT (Bt)No pesticides needed More supply in market 192% Marketable yield advantage 15% Cost advantage Increased income Better health

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CONVENTIONAL INSECT RESISTANT (Bt)

No pesticides needed

More supply in market

192% Marketable yield advantage 15% Cost advantage

Increased income

Better health

No soil contamination

Pesticide applied as much as 1-2 hrs/day, 4 days/week

A total of 42 hrs per production periodat a rate of 65 liters/ha Beneficial insects not affected

Source: Gerpacio, Roberta V. and Albert P. Aquino (eds). 2014. Socioeconomic Impacts of Bt Eggplant: Ex-ante Case Studies in the Philippines. ISAAA, Ithaca, New York, USA and SEAMEO SEARCA, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

Insecticide residue detected

Increased exposure to pesticides

Fruit and shoot borer (FSB)causes 20-92%

yield lossInternal feeders, pesticide application is often futile

A broad spectrum of insecticidesConsisted of 25 commercial brands:

• 2 category I (highly toxic)• 9 category II (moderately toxic)• 7 category III (slightly toxic)• 7 category IV (non-toxic)

Reported effects on health:• Dermal irritation• Respiratory problems• Dizziness, nausea, vomiting • Altered cardiovascular function• Reduced muscular strength• Occupational skin cancer• Increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma• Atrophy and paralysis of exposed body parts

Not prone to FSB infestation

WHICH EGGPLANTWILL YOU CHOOSE?

Peace of mind