Biotechnology for Food Sufficiency in Indonesia
November 21, 2008| |
The development of agricultural biotechnology products is a possible alternative to meet Indonesia's food requirements. This was agreed upon by a number of savants during a biotech symposium on “The Improvement of Indonesian Social and Economic Situation through Agricultural Technology Application” in Jakarta.
Graham Brookes of PG Economics, Ltd. UK, highlighted the Global Impact of Biotech Crops: Economics and Environmental Effects 1996-2006, suggesting that Indonesia could benefit from biotechnology application since it can contribute to food sufficiency, reduce fuel usage, and decrease greenhouse gas emission. According to Dedi Fardiaz, a former Deputy Chairman for Food Safety and Hazardous Substance Control, National Agency For Drug and Food Control (BPOM), Indonesia, “Biotechnology is not a new thing. Through regulation, biotech products are ensured to be safe. In Indonesia, this is reinforced by the food safety guidelines for genetically modified products.” Dr. Dewa Swastika of the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development, Ministry of Agriculture supported this statement adding that there is a need for strategic policies to control the entry, production and distribution of food produced using GM technology.
The symposium was supported by Croplife Indonesia and was attended by 40 participants coming from the academicand media sectors.
For more details on this event visit http://web.bisnis.com/artikel/2id1697.html or email martin.sihombing@bisnis.co.id. For news on biotechnology in Indonesia contact Dewi Suryani of IndoBIC at dewisuryani@biotrop.org.
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