Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

Scientists and Farmers Protest Against IRRI’s Vitamin A Genetically-Modified Rice

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Genetically-modified rice with vitamin A, anyone? Thanks, but no thanks. Scientist and agriculturalist group Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG) is against the International Rice Research Institute’s (IRRI) latest product, the so-called “Biofortified Golden rice,” a rice variety that has been genetically-modified to produce more beta-carotene