Rockefeller Foundation to Fund Golden Rice’s Regulatory Approval Effort
(October 27, 2008) Rockefeller Foundation President
Judith Rodin announced that the Foundation will provide funding to the
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) for shepherding the genetically
modified Golden Rice through the national regulatory approval processes in
Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and the Philippines.
The announcement, made during the 2008 World Food Prize’s
"Borlaug Dialogue" Symposium in Iowa, USA, will help take this variety of
biofortified rice one step closer to commercialisation. The Rockefeller
Foundation has supported the research, development and testing of Golden Rice
from its beginnings in the early 1990s.
In her keynote address, Rodin said, "Golden Rice promises
to alleviate the suffering of malnourished children and the debilitating effects
of beta-carotene and vitamin A deficiencies – blindness and measles – in
particular."
See also on GMO Compass:
Further information:
| 
![[nach oben springen]](/images/icons/icon_gotop_9x9.gif){kind=icon}