GM Rice

Golden RiceTM has the potential to improve the lives of millions of the poorest people in the world. However, the question now is ‘will it ever reach those for whom it was intended?’ It will not be easy because the technology is caught up in a myriad of hopes and fears, and not to mention a handful of patents.

Research into Golden Rice is still at its early stages and it will take time before we know whether the benefits it claims to offer will be realized.

For more, read what Ingo Potrykus, Golden Rice's inventor, has to say about his creation.

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• Virus resistance
• Virus resistance technology
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• Herbicide tolerance
• Herbicide tolerance technology
• Iron-rich
• Golden rice
  • The technology
  • The developers
  • Issues
  • Current status

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