China to Increase Funding for GM Research
April 4, 2008| |
China is set to finance a research program to the tune of US$1.4 billion on genetically modified (GM) crops by the end of this year. Dr. Huang Dafang, former director of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences’ Biotechnology Research Institute, relayed this information during a Beijing forum on the annual global status report of biotech crops in 2007. Huang says that variables such as yield, quality, nutritional value and drought resistance will be looked at by the new research program. Corn and wheat in addition to rice and cotton are expected to be the focus of GM technology research.
Additional details are available at http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2008/March/26030801.asp.
The global status report presented by Dr. Clive James, chair of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), highlighted the fact that about 12 million farmers from 23 countries are now planting biotech crops spread across 114.3 million hectares. View the Executive Summary of the report at http://www.isaaa.org.
| |
Biotech Updates is a weekly newsletter of ISAAA, a not-for-profit organization. It is distributed for free to over 22,000 subscribers worldwide to inform them about the key developments in biosciences, especially in biotechnology. Your support will help us in our mission to feed the world with knowledge. You can help by donating as little as $10.
-
See more articles:
-
News from Around the World
- FAO Expects Increase in Rice Production this Year
- 'Cusco Challenge' for Potato, the Food of the Future
- Address Ethical Concerns in Agri-Biotech, Says Paper
- Monsanto Acquires De Ruiter Seeds
- WARDA Sets New Research Directions
- Cornell Gets US$ 26 Million for Wheat Plague Research
- State-of-the-Art Biotech Support Facilities in India
- Limited Release of GM Wheat Tolerant to Abiotic Stress
- India Registers Surge in Patent Grants
- Model for Zero Emission Biotech in Asia
- China to Increase Funding for GM Research
- Need for Biotechnology Regulation in Indonesia
- Ethanol Production from Cassava Chips in Thailand
- Biotech to Help Rubber Industry in Thailand
- French Supreme Court Confirms GM Maize Ban
- Unprocessed GA21 Corn Approved for Import in the EU
- GM Potatoes Have No Effects on Soil Microbes
- EFSA to Update GMO Panel Document
-
Research Highlights
- High Salt for Selecting Transgenic Rice
- Gene Superfamily Responsible for Devastating Plant Diseases
- Scientists Identify Genes Responsible for Mediating Phytohormones
- Novel Stress Tolerance Gene From Jatropha
-
Announcements
- ISAAA Video Compilation is Now Available!
- The 10th Asian Regional Maize Workshop
- Bangalore Bio 2008
-
Read the latest: - Biotech Updates (April 30, 2025)
- Gene Editing Supplement (April 30, 2025)
- Gene Drive Supplement (February 22, 2023)
-
Subscribe to BU: - Share
- Tweet