1) Use modern biotechnology as a tool to address priority concerns; 2) long-term program to train and retool researchers in modern biotechnology; 3) establish new biotechnology-based industries: enhance partnerships with private sector; 4) modern biotechnology offers many tools aside from genetic engineering: a) immunology; b) genomics; c) bioinformatics; 5) establish competent and predictable legal and regulatory system for biotechnology research and development; 6) outsource mission-critical and urgent research projects; 7) enhancing the competitiveness of Philippine Agriculture through modern biotechnology