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Golden Rice

Golden Rice

Background | March 1, 2013 at 15:00

The so-called 'Golden' rice marketed by the biotech industry is a rice variety genetically engineered (GE) to produce pro-vitamin A. Its proponents say this GE rice could solve the problems of Vitamin A deficiency (which can lead to blindness) in...

Golden rice's lack of lustre

Golden rice's lack of lustre

Publication | November 9, 2010 at 2:00

‘Golden’ rice has been in development for almost 20 years and has still not made any impact on the prevalence of VAD (vitamin A deficiency). Not only has it failed to have any impact on VAD while using money and resources that could have been...

Bayer defends genetic contamination as "Act of God"

Bayer defends genetic contamination as "Act of God"

Feature story | February 6, 2007 at 13:07

You might blame the dog for eating your homework, or a traffic jam for being late to work. But if you ever find yourself facing a multimillion-dollar class action lawsuit for contaminating the world's number one food crop with an unapproved...

China says 'no' to genetically engineered rice

China says 'no' to genetically engineered rice

Feature story | January 31, 2012 at 11:15

It took seven years, teams of young campaigners and hordes of devoted supporters, but September 2011 the Chinese government finally said it was suspending the commercialisation of genetically-engineered (GE) rice.

All that Glitters is not gold: False hope for Golden Rice

Publication | March 17, 2005 at 0:00

Five years after the media hyped announcement of the development of genetically engineered (GE) "Golden Rice", this icon of the global GE industry is still surrounded by scientific uncertainty and worse, it is distracting attention and funding...

The False Promise of Genetically Engineered Rice

Publication | February 1, 2001 at 0:00

Rice

Rice

Background | February 15, 2007 at 10:44

Rice has been part of our staple diet around the world for over 10,000 years, it is cultivated in 113 countries - in China alone there are 75,000 varieties. Rice production accounts for 11 percent of the world's arable land, or 500 million...

Rice, Biodiversity & Nutrients

Publication | March 17, 2005 at 0:00

What happened to the rice landraces during the 'Green Revolution'? There are few sectors in agriculture where the so-called Green Revolution had such an overwhelming impact as in rice production. In 1966, the International Rice Research Institute...

Vitamin A Solutions

Publication | March 17, 2005 at 0:00

Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) affects about 40% of the world population. Many of those affected from vitamin and mineral deficiencies (VMD) appear to have enough to eat but still regularly miss vitamins and micronutrients such as iron, iodine or...

Rice up against genetic engineering and climate change

Rice up against genetic engineering and climate change

Feature story | September 2, 2009 at 0:00

Today we're celebrating Southeast Asia's rich heritage of rice cultivation with a giant organic work of art -- and reminding governments to protect our most important food crop from the threats of genetic engineering and climate change.

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