Sentences with phrase «golden rice works»

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.

I am particularly excited that our Golden Rice work, as with all our work at IRRI, is non-profit.

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?

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«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 seasrice, 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 seasRice 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 BangladRice trait into the very best all - around varieties, such as BRRI dhan29, the most popular variety of rice in Bangladrice 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 yerice 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 yeRice 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 separRice, 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 separrice 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 separrice 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 separRice could be grown to develop guidelines for cultivation, harvest, transport, storage, and processing of rice to help keep it separrice 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 varietRice 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 varietrice 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 BangladRice Network, at the forefront of work to adapt Golden Rice to specific rice - growing conditions in BangladRice to specific rice - growing conditions in Bangladrice - 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 Partnersrice 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 PartnersRice 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 Partnersrice 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 Partnersrice 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 PartnersRice 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).