Symposium for GM Rice in India and China Held
October 31, 2007| |
A Symposium on the Development of GM Rice in India and China was held in the Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi in a jam-packed auditorium, filled with stakeholders from the academe, government, media, and the scientific community. The symposium sponsored by the New Delhi-based Barwale Foundation (formerly Mahyco Research Foundation) featured noted speakers as Clive James, the founder of International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications; Deputy Director Zhen Shu of the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Prof. Swapan Datta of the University of Calcutta; Advisor S.R. Rao of the Indian Department of Biotechnology; and Senior Scientist A. K. Singh of IARI.
The speakers unanimously supported the development and utilization of GM rice as one of doable means to alleviate the world's pollutant, hunger and poverty. GM rice is being developed in the two countries to resist pests and diseases, tolerant to drought and flood, and with improved nutritional content. Regulations in India are being put in place that would allow the field testing of fruit and shoot borer resistant eggplant, papaya ringspot virus resistant papaya, and eventually, GM rice.
For details contact Bhagirath Choudhary of ISAAA South Asia Office at: b.choudhary@isaaa.org
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