MASIPAG, in celebration of World Food Day held A GM Rice Forum entitled "Farmers Not Hungry for GM rice" last October 16, 2006 in Balay Kalinaw, U.P. Diliman, Quezon City. The current satus of GM rice research and its implication to health, environment and small farmers were discussed by Dr. Chito Medina and Veronica Promentilla of MASIPAG, Dr. Romy Quijano of Pesticides Action Network-Philippines, Neth Daño of Third World Network, Aurora Regalado of MODE, Elpedio Paglumotan, Jr. of MASIPAG Visayas, Dolores Ayen of MASIPAG Luzon and by the MASIPAG Chair, Mr. Federico Gil.

The said forum was attended by 80 participants coming from the representatives of different farmers' organizations all over the country, NGOs, and National Food Authority Employees' Association (NFAEA).

In connection with the said forum, an Advocacy Training was also held on October 17, 2006 to strengthen the campaign of MASIPAG regions against GM rice. Mandy Felicia of IBON Foundation shared his knowledge on effective ways for an advocacy campaign. MASIPAG Mindanao also shared their experience on the recent advocacy training they have conducted for their PCB point persons.

As a result of the discussions from the forum and advocacy training, MASIPAG Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao came up with an action plan that would start the campaign against the commercialization of GM Rice like Golden Rice or Vitamin A and Bacterial Blight resistant rice or BB rice.