Golden Rice ignores the risks, the people and the real solutions

http://www.theecologist.org/blogs_and_comments/commentators/2209623/golden_rice_ignores_the_risks_the_people_and_the_real_solutions.html
Date Written:  2013-12-28
Publisher:  Ecologist
Year Published:  2013
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX15588

'Golden Rice' is being promoted by GM advocates as a solution to malnutrition. But Daniel Ocampo says it is for the 'target populations' in the Philippines and elsewhere to decide whether to accept the technology - and they don't want it!

Subject Headings

• Agricultural Practices
• Genetically Engineered Foods
• Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
• Nutrition/Developing Countries