My point is these people need a better diet even to make
the golden rice work, so why not just work on getting them a better diet?
I am particularly excited that
our Golden Rice work, as with all our work at IRRI, is non-profit.
Faustnotes, we know
golden rice works because it contains vitamin A (techically its precursor) and people who are suffering from a lack of vitamin A recover when they eat food containing vitamin A.
Not exact matches
«Our
Golden Rice research is part of our humanitarian
work to reduce vitamin A deficiency that mostly affects women and children — causing sickness, blindness, and even death,» Tolentino said.
We should all support the science - based assessment of
Golden Rice and allow national regulators to undertake their important
work without international pressure or interference.
IRRI's support for partners includes initial breeding of the
Golden Rice trait into selected varieties, which involves laboratory
work, greenhouse tests, and some preliminary field evaluation.
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.
Our
work with the public makes our research on
Golden Rice stronger in our quest to develop a new way to address vitamin A deficiency, and we're grateful for it.
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.
Work to develop
Golden Rice currently includes laboratory, greenhouse, and field studies at IRRI, national agricultural research institutions, and other institutions around the world to
As we do in our
work with high - iron and high - zinc
rice, we will be looking at the performance of the Golden Rice version of BRRI dhan29 over many generations, across different regions of Bangladesh, and in different seas
rice, we will be looking at the performance of the
Golden Rice version of BRRI dhan29 over many generations, across different regions of Bangladesh, and in different seas
Rice version of BRRI dhan29 over many generations, across different regions of Bangladesh, and in different seasons.
We're regularly updating our website to share information about
Golden Rice and our
work to develop and evaluate it as a potential way to reduce vitamin A deficiency.
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.
I can not speak for what happened with the
Golden Rice research in China, as IRRI and our partners
working with us on
Golden Rice were not involved.
The same principles apply in the other countries where we are
working on
Golden Rice.
Over the past several years, I've been
working with our project team to develop and evaluate
Golden Rice varieties for farmers and consumers in the Philippines that could help reduce vitamin A deficiency.
Our
work focuses on putting the
Golden Rice trait into the very best all - around varieties, such as BRRI dhan29, the most popular variety of rice in Banglad
Rice trait into the very best all - around varieties, such as BRRI dhan29, the most popular variety of
rice in Banglad
rice in Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh
Rice Research Institute (BRRI) and the Philippine
Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) have been
working with IRRI on
Golden Rice for several years.
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 ye
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 ye
Rice as well as with IRRI scientists in the Philippines for many years.
IRRI coordinates the
Golden Rice Network and
works with national agricultural research institutes and other partners with expertise in agriculture and nutrition to research and develop
Golden Rice.
As IRRI and its partners continue to evaluate
Golden Rice in compliance with biotechnology regulations in place here in the Philippines and other countries where we
work, we're grateful for this and all other statements of support that we continue to receive from around the world.
Of course, I agreed — I'll take any opportunity to talk about our exciting
work to help improve people's nutrition and share accurate information about
Golden Rice.
To further minimize the possible accidental mixing of
Golden Rice, if it is approved, with other rice varieties, we plan to work with rice producers in areas where Golden Rice could be grown to develop guidelines for cultivation, harvest, transport, storage, and processing of rice to help keep it separ
Rice, if it is approved, with other
rice varieties, we plan to work with rice producers in areas where Golden Rice could be grown to develop guidelines for cultivation, harvest, transport, storage, and processing of rice to help keep it separ
rice varieties, we plan to
work with
rice producers in areas where Golden Rice could be grown to develop guidelines for cultivation, harvest, transport, storage, and processing of rice to help keep it separ
rice producers in areas where
Golden Rice could be grown to develop guidelines for cultivation, harvest, transport, storage, and processing of rice to help keep it separ
Rice could be grown to develop guidelines for cultivation, harvest, transport, storage, and processing of
rice to help keep it separ
rice to help keep it separate.
I hope our
work shows that
Golden Rice is safe and effective and that it is judged on its potential to help people, not on who has helped develop or research it along the way, or anything else, but simply on its value to humanity.
Over the past couple of weeks,
Golden Rice has featured in IRRI's work with partners to provide the media with a broader context, especially regarding nutrition, into the issues related to rice research and the development of new variet
Rice has featured in IRRI's
work with partners to provide the media with a broader context, especially regarding nutrition, into the issues related to
rice research and the development of new variet
rice research and the development of new varieties.
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.
«Our latest stage of
work is now supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and will bring in HKI — a new partner from the nutrition sector — to further understand how well
Golden Rice can reduce vitamin A deficiency.»
«
Golden Rice field trials are part of our
work to see if
Golden Rice can be a safe and effective way to reduce vitamin A deficiency in the Philippines — to reduce malnutrition,» said Dr. Bruce Tolentino, deputy director general of communications and partnerships at IRRI.
BRRI is an active and long - standing member of the
Golden Rice Network, at the forefront of work to adapt Golden Rice to specific rice - growing conditions in Banglad
Rice Network, at the forefront of
work to adapt
Golden Rice to specific rice - growing conditions in Banglad
Rice to specific
rice - growing conditions in Banglad
rice - growing conditions in Bangladesh.
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 International
Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is
working with a range of other organizations and individuals on the
Golden Rice project.
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.
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.
Things you'll need (that you may not already have on hand) + Good quality dark chocolate (I love Chocolove, Theo, and Divine) + Brown
rice syrup (
golden syrup, corn syrup, etc. will all
work the same) + Califia Farms unsweetened better half creamer (notes on other options, below)
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.
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.
He was also
working with India and other countries on
Golden Rice.
ICRR is
working with the
Golden Rice trait in the local varieties that are popular with farmers, including Ciherang and IR64.
I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our
work in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching poor farmers today; our innovative integration of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach farmers in ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4
rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partners
rice and see to it that
Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partners
Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature of the
rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partners
rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way
rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partners
rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global
Rice Science Partners
Rice Science Partnership.
It
works against the commercialization of
Golden Rice and other forms of genetically modified crops, towards a society with equity, food sovereignty, sustainable and ecology - based agriculture.
It is within this ground that government of China and academic journal publishers sanctioned and retracted the research
work of scientists who engaged in unethical feeding of
Golden Rice to children whose families were not informed that they were being fed
Golden Rice last 2012.
If so, then
golden rice will be delayed for many months, or even longer if more vandalism is done or if the anti-GMO activists find other strategies to hamper and delay the scientists»
work.
Working in 2 batches, cook
rice cakes, turning halfway through, until crisp, puffed, and
golden, about 10 minutes.
► «A controversial study that showed genetically engineered
golden rice could alleviate vitamin A deficiency in children was retracted» because of concerns about whether the authors behaved ethically in their
work with the children in China who participated in the nutritional trial, Erik Stokstad wrote at ScienceInsider last Friday.
But Adrian Dubock, who was not directly involved in the
work but who is a Switzerland - based manager for the
Golden Rice Project, which promotes the development of the engineered crop, believes most of the charges to be baseless.
Tang, a Chinese - born scientist who
works at a USDA - funded nutrition lab at Tufts, is accused of bringing cooked
golden rice into China without obtaining the proper Chinese government approvals and beginning the experiment 11 days before required permission had been obtained from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
One of the major selling points of this
golden rice technology is that the
work has been done within the realm of public research using public funding.
It is true that a certain amount of fat is needed for the bioavailability of vitamin A. However, according to the literature only 5 g / d are sufficient, whereas even in the poorest quintile of households in India average fat intake per adult equivalent is 35 g / d, and e.g. on the Maldives the fat intake of children aged 1 - 3 years is 22 (± 11) g / d, i.e. for
Golden Rice to
work no additional fat is needed in the diet of the target groups.
Among the ironies here was the impetus such political
work imparted to blocking the yield of so - called
golden rice, a nutritionally enhanced GM grain that commonalty fitness lawyers hailed for the gift it could produce to combating sicknesss.
This has been going on for 20 years — I remember Greenpeace's very first press release about
Golden Rice and how it was dangerous because people (who were dying from VAD) might overdose on vitamin A. Then, when they realized the vitamin levels were low, they turned things around and started saying it wouldn't
work at all (as if VAD is a binary problem — lack of vitamin A is a distribution of concentration so any increase will help some people).