Greenpeace says there's not enough info
on Golden rice, yet at the same time it says research and field trial of golden rice need to stop
The Wikipedia article
on Golden rice show an interesting case study.
But what Moore has to say about Greenpeace's stance
on Golden Rice is important.
Informed @Revkin post
on Golden Rice, a GMO that could save poor kids from blindness.
(See his long list of peer - reviewed publications
on Golden Rice and related issues here.)
After you watch this video statement made by Bruce Tolentino, a deputy director general at the International Rice Research Institute shortly after the test plots were destroyed, read on for excerpts from the pieces by Harmon and Lynas, along with fresh thoughts
on Golden Rice from Michael Pollan, the popular author and ag - industry critic:
In 1992, a group of research experts and scientists met to perform studies
on golden rice pros and cons.
«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.
During the session key officials and policymakers for agriculture, environment and biosafety were appraised of the latest developments
on 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.
Correction, Aug. 27, 2013: This article originally misstated the date of the attack
on the golden rice test plot.
During the session key officials and policymakers for agriculture, environment and biosafety were appraised of the latest developments
on Golden Rice.
He was also working with India and other countries
on Golden Rice.
Since 2000, scientific research and international collaboration
on Golden Rice have been supported by funding and in - kind support from the private, public, and philanthropic sectors.
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is working with a range of other organizations and individuals
on the Golden Rice project.
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.
Research
on Golden Rice continues to be motivated by its potential contributions to solving the global problem of VAD that afflicts more than 200 million people, especially women and children.
On 7 August 2017, FSANZ published a call for submission of comments
on the Golden Rice application and noted that:
Dr. Bruce Tolentino, IRRI's Deputy Director General for Communication and Partnerships, emphasizes that research
on Golden Rice will continue.
Eleven eminent scientists from around the world have coauthored an editorial, «Standing Up for GMOs,» focusing
on Golden Rice.
Lastly, 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.
This research
on Golden Rice will ensure that any approved Golden Rice varieties will grow just like other rice crops, with comparable yields and pest resistance, and with the same environmental impacts.
The Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) and the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) have been working with IRRI
on Golden Rice for several years.
Over the course of many years of research and development
on Golden Rice, a lot of things have changed and interesting new information becomes available all the time.
The same principles apply in the other countries where we are working
on Golden Rice.
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.
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.
In a public dialogue
on Golden Rice held by the National Anti-Poverty Commission or NAPC last August, medical doctors has warned that there are not enough data presented to establish safety of Golden Rice to human health thus warranting the discontinuation of human feed trials.
Other activities in four municipalities in Mindanao include forum
on golden rice and organic agriculture, organic food and products fair, press conference, concert, cultural presentations (reading of poems on organic agriculture composed by farmers), t - shirts printing, dissemination of campaign materials, sharing of farmers» practices and innovations, boodle fight, and opening of organic trading post.
MASIPAG's letter to the editor
on Golden Rice has landed in the Philippine Daily Inquirer's Opinion Section.
Currently two applications
on Golden Rice are submitted at the DA - BPI and awaits approval.
«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).
Los Baños, Laguna — Farmer - scientist group MASIPAG's call to revoke the application to field and feed test Golden Rice is validated after Testbiotech made an analysis on risk assessment made by Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
on Golden Rice.
Not exact matches
I agree that marinating at least an hour would make them even better, but I did a 20 minute marinade and they were still delicious.I paired mine with spiced Basmati
rice with
golden raisins and pistachios and for dessert, I made the Mango Lassi Parfaits, also
on this site, and they were fabulous!
Four years after the first militant uprooting of
Golden Rice, waves of protest mobilisations stir anew in the Philippines and Bangladesh against its commercialisation, while debate rages
on in Indonesia, India and other Asian countries where
Golden Rice is planned for commercial release.
Medina stressed that with recent ruling
on Bt eggplant and the evidences
on the experience of GM corn farmers, it is but fitting that the commercialization of GM corn, the continued field trials of
Golden Rice and the importation of other GMOs be stopped.
«As what we have said early
on,
Golden Rice is fraught with inherent problems.
At present, there have been no studies
on allergenicity and toxicity of
Golden Rice, which should be first established in animal feeding trials before feeding trials
on humans commence.
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.
«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.»
Simultaneous mass mobilizations in different
rice - growing areas in Mindanao are slated to call
on the Department of Agriculture not to allow the commercialization of
golden rice.
«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.
The proposed House Resolution will seek to facilitate further awareness - raising among stakeholders, and is expected to compel the
Golden Rice proponents to be transparent on the status, process and plans for the GM r
Rice proponents to be transparent
on the status, process and plans for the GM
ricerice.
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.
When can we have
Golden Rice on our plates?
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.»
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.
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.
What I still find astonishing — and what I was so excited to see
on this particular day — is that
Golden Rice, developed through modern biotechnology, has the ability to accumulate large amounts of beta carotene in the grains, giving it this dramatic golden
Golden Rice, developed through modern biotechnology, has the ability to accumulate large amounts of beta carotene in the grains, giving it this dramatic
golden golden color.
While there is no single cure - all for vitamin A deficiency,
Golden Rice could become an important complementary intervention to ensure that all those who need vitamin A get it, including those families in Bangladesh subsisting primarily on r
Rice could become an important complementary intervention to ensure that all those who need vitamin A get it, including those families in Bangladesh subsisting primarily
on ricerice.