With Vitamin A deficiency affecting low - income communities that rely on rice as a primary food staple, scientists conducted surveys
of rice varieties around the world and failed to identify any varieties that contain significant amounts of beta - carotene.
In the case of Golden Rice, GM was used only after extensive surveys
of rice varieties around the world failed to identify any that contain significant amounts of beta - carotene.
Not exact matches
Biting into the delicate cookies was always a delight, one that was as expected as the garland
of Norwegian flags strung
around my grandparents» tree and the riskrem (
rice cream) these dear people served after a traditional Norwegian celebration meal
of roast pork, spiced medisterkaker meatballs, the sour cabbage known as surkål, and a
variety of vegetables simply prepared.
Rice stuffed tomatoes make an excellent antipasto, especially with the large tomato
varieties grown
around the Bay
of Naples.
There's also a
variety of Instant Pot Black Beans recipes including black bean soups, black bean stews, dips with black beans, black bean burrito bowls, and
of course recipes with the combination
of black beans and
rice that's found in so many cuisines
around the world.
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.
For example, two years ago, when we first began identifying potential sites
around the Philippines for our multi-location field trials
of Golden
Rice varieties, one
of our considerations was that the local government units and other community leaders should be well - informed and interested in the project and willing to support the conduct
of the trials.
However, surveys
of rice germplasm around the world failed to identify any variety that contain significant amounts of beta carotene, so conventional breeding programs could not be used to develop Golden Rice.&ra
rice germplasm
around the world failed to identify any
variety that contain significant amounts
of beta carotene, so conventional breeding programs could not be used to develop Golden
Rice.&ra
Rice.»
In another bold prediction, he envisions the start
of GR3.0 sometime
around 2030, when farmers start planting far more robust C4 and nitrogen - fixing
rice varieties and consumers begin finding nutritious
rice in the marketplace.
«Overall, IRRI has released
around a thousand improved
rice varieties across 78 countries since its establishment in 1960,» said Eero Nissila, head
of IRRI's breeding division.
It will help accelerate the pace
of developing improved
rice varieties around the globe to feed a growing population, estimated to reach more than 9.6 billion by 2050, with half
of humanity relying on
rice for sustenance and livelihood.
A secure supply
of thousands
of varieties of keystone crops like
rice and wheat will be ever more important, experts say, as populations grow, climate changes, and people keep moving species
around the global, both intentionally and accidentally.