Sentences with phrase «golden rice as»

This group also avoid any evidence of the practical benefit of the GMOs they advocate for, avoid talking about cheaper and simpler alternatives (see e.g. golden rice as a good example of this) and refuse to get drawn on issues of cost - effectiveness or cost benefit.

They offer farmers a variety of tools for a variety conditions, in the way IRRI offers Golden Rice as well as ecological engineering.

Civil society in Asia and GMO watch groups have been wary of Golden Rice as rice is not just the staple food for one third of the world's population, it is also a political crop.

At the end of June 2016, a number of Nobel laureates accused Greenpeace's campaign against Golden Rice as a «crime against humanity «and called upon governments around the world to «do everything in their power to oppose Greenpeace's actions and accelerate the access of farmers to all the tools of modern biology, especially seeds improved through biotechnology ``.

The peasant movement in the Philippines, however, reiterated their dissent against Golden Rice as a legitimate conviction to defend rights against corporate control of agriculture thru GMOs.

They offer farmers a variety of tools for a variety conditions, in the way IRRI offers Golden Rice as well as ecological engineering.

He led the work of IRRI and other partners to develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential way to address vitamin A deficiency through projects in the Philippines and Bangladesh and for Indonesia.

The display highlighted new details about our work, which is to evaluate Golden Rice as a potential tool to reduce vitamin A deficiency in the Philippines and Bangladesh.

Click image for higher resolution IRRI is working with partners to develop Golden Rice as a potential new food - based approach to improve vitamin A status.

If approved by national regulators and found to be safe and efficacious, IRRI and its partners will work together to introduce Golden Rice as another food - based approach to improve vitamin A status.

Summary: Leading nutrition and agricultural research organizations are working together to further develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential tool to reduce vitamin A deficiency in the Philippines and Bangladesh.

The inventors» desire to donate Golden Rice as a gift to resource - poor farmers in developing countries led to a public - private partnership with Syngenta to help further develop Golden Rice.

Dr. Gerard Barry, Golden Rice Network coordinator at IRRI, talks about the Institute's work to develop Golden Rice as a way to address vitamin A deficiency in Bangladesh and the Philippines.

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and national rice research institutes in Bangladesh and the Philippines have joined with Helen Keller International (HKI), a leading global health organization that reduces blindness and prevents malnutrition worldwide, in a new effort to further develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential tool to reduce vitamin A deficiency.

However, we would like to join the ranks of people, including the more than 6,000 supporters who have signed the petition to stop the destruction of field trials of GM crops, in calling for anti-GM activists and other concerned citizens to not take action that could delay the assessment and ongoing research of Golden Rice as a potential new way to reduce vitamin A deficiency and reduce the damage it can do to the precious vision and eyes of children.

He has referred to groups opposing Golden Rice as «Wicked» and was quoted as such in a BBC article.

Our confined field test is just one of the many steps in evaluating Golden Rice as a potential new food to help address the persistent and pervasive problem of vitamin A deficiency in the Philippines.

To develop rice varieties with beta - carotene, I've been working with the inventors of Golden Rice as well as with IRRI scientists in the Philippines for many years.

Secondly, the lead for the one story describes Golden Rice as «a new strain that boosts vitamin A levels and reduces blindness in developing countries.»

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and its partners are working together to develop Golden Rice as a potential new food - based approach to improve the vitamin A status of people at risk, especially children and women who are most vulnerable as they have extra need for micronutrients.

These field trials form part of the Golden Rice project that the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is working on together with other leading nutrition and agricultural research organizations to develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential new way to reduce vitamin A deficiency in the Philippines.

IRRI is working with leading nutrition and agricultural research organizations to develop and evaluate Golden Rice as a potential new way to reduce vitamin A deficiency in the Philippines, Bangladesh and other countries.

Not exact matches

FSANZ Chief Executive Officer, Mark Booth, said the International Rice Research Institute, a humanitarian organisation, applied to include the rice, often referred to as golden rice, in the Food Standards CRice Research Institute, a humanitarian organisation, applied to include the rice, often referred to as golden rice, in the Food Standards Crice, often referred to as golden rice, in the Food Standards Crice, in the Food Standards Code.

* If ever there was a clear - cut cause for outrage, it is the concerted campaign by Greenpeace and other nongovernmental organizations, as well as by individuals, against Golden Rice.

«As what we have said early on, Golden Rice is fraught with inherent problems.

Golden Rice, which is being developed by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), will supposedly address Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD) in developing countries such as the Philippines.

Golden Rice is hailed as a solution to help curb Vitamin A deficiency in developing countries.

It condemned the hypocrisy and logically fallacious claim that Golden Rice opposition is a crime against humanity while turning a blind eye to the ecological havoc and thousands of farmers driven landlessness and suicide as a result of past decades of GMO commercialization of GM Soya in Argentina, BT Cotton in India and GM Corn in The Philippines.

As with Golden Rice, it is the vulnerable population, the children aged 1 - 5 years old and lactating and pregnant women will be the target population,» said Panerio.

Apart from high - input climate tolerant varieties, it will also promote genetically modified rice varieties such as Golden Rice and C4 rice, a GMO whose energy production can be found in corn supposedly making it more efficient and tolerant to drourice varieties such as Golden Rice and C4 rice, a GMO whose energy production can be found in corn supposedly making it more efficient and tolerant to drouRice and C4 rice, a GMO whose energy production can be found in corn supposedly making it more efficient and tolerant to drourice, a GMO whose energy production can be found in corn supposedly making it more efficient and tolerant to drought.

«Consider the Golden Rice — it is only meant to address Vitamin A Deficiency when in fact, the problem on malnutrition involves other nutrients as well, which is caused by the lack of access to safe and sufficient food.»

They are saying that more information is needed as the risks of eating Golden Rice are not yet known.

As rice is a staple of Filipinos eaten three times a day, the extent and coverage of Golden Rice will be far reaching than Dengvarice is a staple of Filipinos eaten three times a day, the extent and coverage of Golden Rice will be far reaching than DengvaRice will be far reaching than Dengvaxia.

The Golden Rice project is hauntingly similar to Dengvaxia as the target sectors are our children.

«We decided to conduct these activities on the occasion of the world food day celebration because we want to generate a strong public opposition against golden rice which we believe is a poison disguised as food,» said Diego Dela Cruz, chairman of the advocacy committee of MASIPAG.

«From the start, the Golden Rice has been beset with issues and problems such as its relevance, and its safety to human health and environment,» said Cris Panerio, MASIPAG National Coordinator.

If Golden Rice will be approved, our future as farmers will be at risk.

The DA - AO is also used by multinational companies and offices such as the Philrice, IRRI and universities such as UPLB in applying for contained use and field testing of GM crops such as Golden Rice, Bt cotton, GM corn, GM Papaya and many others.

During the dialogue, Dr Gene Nisperos of the Health Alliance for Democracy raised his concern as the target of Golden Rice are members of the vulnerable population such as preschool children and lactating mothers.

«The GM Golden Rice program is ill - suited as Philippine society is primarily agrarian where the majority of the farmers are landless, thus, they need is a genuine land reform program or free distribution of land, that will fundamentally secure their food and nutrition needs,» said Vizconde.

Genetically modified to express beta - carotene, the pre-cursor of Vitamin A, the Golden Rice is being touted by its proponents as a solution to the supposedly worsening cases of Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD).

Quezon City — A House Resolution directing an inquiry on the controversial Golden Rice has been filed at the House of Representatives today, as an effort to stem the imminent re-introduction of the genetically modified (GM) crop in the country.

BBC news also quoted IRR) deputy director general of communications and partnerships Dr. Bruce Tolentino who rejected claims of anti-GMO activists that the true purpose of Golden Rice is to serve as a poster boy for an unpopular industry.

Golden Rice is expected to cost farmers about the same as other rice, and they will be able to save seeds for replantRice is expected to cost farmers about the same as other rice, and they will be able to save seeds for replantrice, and they will be able to save seeds for replanting.

Golden Rice could likewise co-exist with other crops, including other types of rice and rice grown in other ways such as in organic agricultRice could likewise co-exist with other crops, including other types of rice and rice grown in other ways such as in organic agricultrice and rice grown in other ways such as in organic agricultrice grown in other ways such as in organic agriculture.

But as head of a research and educational institute committed to delivering long - term impacts, I often have to explain that Golden Rice is still undergoing rigorous testing and development.

The closing statement of the editorial is this: «We, and the thousands of other scientists who have signed the statement of protest, stand together in staunch opposition to the violent destruction of required tests on valuable advances such as Golden Rice that have the potential to save millions of impoverished fellow humans from needless suffering and death.»

Golden Rice is expected to taste the same as other rice, be cooked in the same way, and have the same eating quality of other popular rice varietRice is expected to taste the same as other rice, be cooked in the same way, and have the same eating quality of other popular rice varietrice, be cooked in the same way, and have the same eating quality of other popular rice varietrice varieties.

It seems that the anti-science, anti-technology, and anti-GMO movements that are hindering the use of transgenic crops in India, such as Bt brinjal (eggplant) and pro-vitamin A-fortified Golden Rice (GR), are having a chilling effect on our students.

We sought this support by discussing with them the ultimate goal of our research — to develop Golden Rice varieties with good levels of beta carotene so that Golden Rice could be evaluated as a potential way to reduce vitamin A deficiency.