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The promoters of golden rice say that they do not want to deprive the poor of the right to choose and the potential to benefit from golden rice.
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The uprooting of the Golden Rice field trial by more than 400 farmers and sectoral groups last 2013 proved to be just, given the dangerous nature of the said product» said Panerio.
«As what we have said early on, Golden Rice is fraught with inherent problems.
«From Masagana 99 and high - yielding varieties in the 1960s, to Masagana 6000 and Golden Rice today, it seems nothing has changed,» said Antonio Flores, a farmer from Mindanao and secretary general of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas.
«The farmers» uprooting and continued resistance is justified, especially now in the light of new findings on Golden Rice which shows the weakness of the technology, the brunt of which will be shouldered by the farmers,» said Sharl Lopez, Executive Director of Philippine Network of Food Security Programmes (PNFSP).
Critics say that Golden Rice is a Trojan horse, which will open the rice industry for more genetically modified rRice is a Trojan horse, which will open the rice industry for more genetically modified rrice industry for more genetically modified ricerice.
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.
Yet in 2013, the proponents made a secretive third field testing on the said area, prompting farmers to uproot the Golden Rice field test to assert their rights to health and the environment.
They are saying that more information is needed as the risks of eating Golden Rice are not yet known.
Golden Rice is said to be a Trojan Horse that will further open our agricultural sector to seeds and inputs owned by huge agrochemical transnational corporations, including Syngenta and ChemChina.
«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.
Yet Golden Rice is planned for widespread release» said Dr Nisperos during the dialogue.
«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.
«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.
But this was belied by Zenaida Soriano, APC Southeast Asia coordinator, saying that the Aquino government approved the field testing of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Syngenta's Golden Rice.
Agribusiness giant Syngenta funded much of the research, but Mr Tolentino says they don't stand to profit from fields of Golden Rice.
But APC deputy secretary general, Rahmat Ajiguna, said that «Syngenta, who owns the Golden Rice patents, can change the agreement regarding royalty any time they want adding that we can not trust any scientist or government officials with alleged financial ties to IRRI, Syngenta, Monsanto or to any agrochemical TNCs, whom we assumed to be lacking any credibility whatsoever.»
«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.
I have this to say to activists: We ask you to support the completion of scientific research, development, and assessment of Golden Rice because of its strong potential benefit to humanity.
«Since a large proportion of vitamin A — deficient children and their mothers reside in rice - consuming populations, particularly in Asia, Golden Rice should substantially reduce the prevalence and severity of vitamin A deficiency, and prevent at least hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths and cases of blindness every year,» said Dr. Alfred Sommer, professor and dean emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Hearice - consuming populations, particularly in Asia, Golden Rice should substantially reduce the prevalence and severity of vitamin A deficiency, and prevent at least hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths and cases of blindness every year,» said Dr. Alfred Sommer, professor and dean emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HeaRice should substantially reduce the prevalence and severity of vitamin A deficiency, and prevent at least hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths and cases of blindness every year,» said Dr. Alfred Sommer, professor and dean emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
«I am delighted with our success in breeding a Golden Rice version of Bangladesh's most popular rice variety, BRRI dhan29, which we hope will make a substantial contribution to reducing vitamin A deficiency across the country,» said Dr. Alamgir Hossain, principal plant breeder at BRice version of Bangladesh's most popular rice variety, BRRI dhan29, which we hope will make a substantial contribution to reducing vitamin A deficiency across the country,» said Dr. Alamgir Hossain, principal plant breeder at Brice variety, BRRI dhan29, which we hope will make a substantial contribution to reducing vitamin A deficiency across the country,» said Dr. Alamgir Hossain, principal plant breeder at BRRI.
«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.
Dr. Villegas answered the third point by saying that the R&D on Golden Rice is still ongoing because we want to ensure that it will bring benefits to those who will plant it, and those who need it most.
«To answer the first point, it is incorrect to speculate that Golden Rice will threaten food security,» said Dr. Villegas.
Proponents said that Golden Rice will be used to address Vitamin A Deficiency or VAD.
Golden Rice is not an answer to the country's problem on hunger and malnutrition» said Bert Autor, a farmer and spokesperson of SIKWAL - GMO.
When sought response to the charge, Greenpeace Campaigner Manvendra Singh Inaniya said» «Golden Rice has simply been a marketing gimmick of the GM industry to garner support for a controversial technology.
Moore also said that his tour to promote the positive message of «Golden Rice» has been met with «heavy resistance from anti-capitalist activists, 20 of which have been joined forces to oppose our Indian leg of our tour».
I am supporting because many scientific bodies say that «Golden Rice» is a solution to address the problem related to high incidence of vitamin A deficiency in India and other parts of the world,» Moore, who is in India to promote this genetically engineered (GE) rRice» is a solution to address the problem related to high incidence of vitamin A deficiency in India and other parts of the world,» Moore, who is in India to promote this genetically engineered (GE) ricerice.
«I'm absolutely delighted, and I think it's a very compelling story,» says Drake, whose team developed the new strain for the Humanitarian Rice Board which runs the golden rice project at the University of Freiburg in GermRice Board which runs the golden rice project at the University of Freiburg in Germrice project at the University of Freiburg in Germany.
Mayer says that questions about the uptake of provitamin A, also known as beta carotene, could be answered later in 2005 through feeding experiments in people using the original golden rice.
Andrea Grossman, a public relations officer for Tufts University's human nutrition research center on aging, was quoted by the Beijing Youth Daily as saying that the study on golden rice was approved by authorities in both countries after an examination by ethics committees.
Golden rice, he said, is expected to be approved for commercial planting in the Philippines in the next three years.
Tolentino says the destroyed field was part of a study aiming to figure out whether Golden Rice will behave just like ordinary rice, thereby not requiring farmers to change their practiRice will behave just like ordinary rice, thereby not requiring farmers to change their practirice, thereby not requiring farmers to change their practices.
Huang Dafang, a member of the biosafety committee in charge of agricultural GM organisms, which is affiliated with the Ministry of Agriculture, said that using a new generation of GM crops, such as golden rice, to achieve nutritional improvements is now a global trend.
Marbella, who attended the protest at Pili, Camarines Sur, where the Golden Rice in a trial site was uprooted, says malnutrition is caused by poverty and needs to be addressed by support services, not genetically modified crops.
The paper said that in 2008, 68 children in Hengyang, Hunan province, were fed golden rice — a GM variety of rice — to test if it could help children with vitamin A deficiencies.
The research so far indicates that Golden Rice is safe, but it won't be made available to eat until further testing is completed, says the International Rice Research Institute, a non-profit research body that develops new rice varietRice is safe, but it won't be made available to eat until further testing is completed, says the International Rice Research Institute, a non-profit research body that develops new rice varietRice Research Institute, a non-profit research body that develops new rice varietrice varieties.
Golden rice went through a series of safety assessments before getting planting approval in the US, although he said that it hasn't received market approval.
But Jorge Mayer, golden rice project manager in Freiburg, is even more upbeat, saying the rice might now contain enough to supply the entire recommended daily intake.
«I'm absolutely delighted, and I think it's a very compelling story,» says Drake, whose team developed the new strain for the Humanitarian Rice Board which runs the golden rice project at the University of Freiburg in GermRice Board which runs the golden rice project at the University of Freiburg in Germrice project at the University of Freiburg in Germany.
The statement says the scientists together «meticulously concealed the reality» that the experiment involved golden rice.
The consent forms have been reviewed by U.S. ethical panels in the United States and China, he says, and a previous study of golden rice in adults in the United States did not use the term «genetically modified» either.
The China CDC says parents only saw the signature page of the six - page form, which did not mention golden rice either
«No farmer must be left behind — this adds all the more to our resolve to continue the research on Golden Rice, a potential new food - based approach to help fight VAD, a form of hidden hunger,» said Dr. Violeta Villegas, Golden Rice project coordinator.
Speaking with sister site FoodNavigator - Asia, Dr Antonio Alfonso, leader of the Philippines research, said it is simply not true that that big corporations would hold more patents in golden rice technology.
Golden rice proponents say that it will be particularly useful in marginal areas such as drought - prone regions where vegetables usually can not be grown.
«Filipino farmers claimed responsibility for pulling up a «golden» rice trial in the Philippines,» he said.
He says his relationship with GRHM is «informal», having known Dr Ingo Potrykus - described as the «engine behind» GRHM and the golden rice project - for more than 10 years.