Philippines Awaits Golden Rice Release in 2011
September 7, 2007| |
If everything falls into place, Golden Rice will soon be made available in the Philippines. Scientists are eyeing a 2011 commercial release of the genetically improved rice variety fortified with vitamin A, iron and zinc. The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has been working double time to secure approval for Golden Rice.
The research institute is breeding Golden Rice into PSB Rc82, the most popular variety grown all over the Philippines, new, high-quality, multidisease resistant varieties, and the “3-in-1” rice, that combines Golden Rice with the Tungro virus- and bacterial leaf blight-resistant varieties. It is expected that multilocation field trials of elite lines will begin in 2010 to gather agronomic and biosafety data.
Gerard Barry, coordinator of the Golden Rice Network, said in his update on Golden Rice that he hopes national government agencies, particularly the National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines (NCBP), will approve its commercial release by 2011. The technology for Golden Rice was provided mainly by the seed company Syngenta, which donated the Golden Rice (SGR1) seeds and lines to the Golden Rice Humanitarian Board in 2004.
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