GOLDEN RICE NOT THE SOLUTION TO VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY – SCIENTIST
SUMMARY: "A US-based scientist visiting the country said genetically-modified golden rice is not the solution to Vitamin A deficiency. [...] In round table discussion with legislators at the House of Representatives, Dr. Michael Hansen, senior scientist of the Consumers Union (USA), raised issues involving the golden rice. "
MANILA – A US-based scientist visiting the country said genetically-modified golden rice is not the solution to Vitamin A deficiency.
Bangladesh approved Golden Rice field trials with modern high-yield variety
SUMMARY: "The state-run Bangladesh Rice Research Institute late last month got the approval for procuring seeds of the transgenic rice, popularly known as ”Golden Rice”, for its first-ever trial production in the country. [...] Bangladesh’s most productive rice variety - BRRI Dhan-29 - along with an IRRI variety IR-64 and a Filipino variety RC-28 have gone through the process in which these were genetically engineered to have greater expressions of corn gene responsible for producing beta carotene, a source of vitamin A."
VITAMIN-A RICH RICE GETS NOD
Golden Rice No Solution
The so-called “golden” rice will not help in the fight against vitamin A deficiency, a report released by Greenpeace at the International Rice Congress yesterday.
The report documents successful measures taken to minimize the impact of VAD globally and details the history of ‘golden’ rice and the funding that has been assigned to it which could have been used to intensify efforts to eradicate VAD using the tools currently in use, a press release from Greenpeace said.
GENETICALLY MODIFIED RICE CAUSING A SCANDAL IN THE PHILIPPINES
A war between synthetic and organic is brewing in the Pacific.
Genetically Modified (GM) foods have caused quite the scandal in the U.S. over the years, but the new ground zero is the Philippines--a country often seen as an example to other developing parts of Asia for its agricultural sector.
Golden Rice to hit market by 2011?
- Food and Beverage News (India), Sept. 1, 2009 http://www.fnbnews.com
