Rice-eating peoples are very particular about the rice their diets are based on, writes Ted Greiner. And they have a strong aversion to yellow grains, the tell-tale sign of the deadly mould that causes beri-beri disease. That alone makes GMO 'Golden Rice' a non starter; 107 Nobel Laureates had better start eating their words.
… Beri-beri disease and resistance to GM 'Golden Rice' Ted Greiner | 13th July 2016 Comment GMOs Health Food Culture Society rice-leaf-cut.jpg Rice-eating peoples are very particular about …
The real reason why 'golden rice' remains uncultivated after a 20 year effort is its poor agronomic performance, write Angelika Hilbeck & Hans Herren. But beyond that, the very idea of golden rice as a 'solution' to Vitamin A deficiency fails to recognise the real causes of malnutrition - poverty, hunger and poor diet. How will golden rice reach poor children in the first place? And will they ever get the rich, oily diet they need to assimilate its fat-soluble nutrients?
… who is to blame for the failure of GMO Golden Rice? Angelika Hilbeck Hans Herren | 15th … The real reason why 'golden rice' remains uncultivated after a 20 year … But beyond that, the very idea of golden rice as a 'solution' to Vitamin A deficiency …
Greenpeace is being attacked for 'crimes against humanity' by 100 Nobel laureates for blocking GMO 'golden' rice, reports Claire Robinson. But the low-yielding crop is years away from going on sale, and there is no proof of any nutritional benefit to the malnourished children it's meant to benefit. Could the distinguished prize-winners have fallen for slick pro-GMO PR and spin?
… campaign exploits Nobel laureates in 'Golden Rice' Greenpeace attack Claire Robinson | 4th … GMOs Campaigning Science Health Food golden_rice-cut.jpg Greenpeace is being attacked for … 100 Nobel laureates for blocking GMO 'golden' rice, reports Claire Robinson. But the …
Perhaps all the 'do gooders' busy forcing industrial models of agriculture onto poor but independent African farmers really do think they are helping them, writes Colin Todhunter. But if so they are deeply deluded. All they will achieve is the takeover of export-oriented agribusiness and GMOs, the destruction of agroecological farming systems, and a future of debt and landlessness.
… Farming Africa GMOs Nutrition Health Finance rice-farmer-burundi-cut.jpg Perhaps all the … sweet potato, pigeon pea, cowpea, banana and rice, which corporations are attempting to … As is the case with the controversial Golden Rice research and development project, the …
With the International Monsanto Tribunal beginning this week (14-16 October) in The Hague, MICK GRANT reports from Vietnam with this special investigation for The Ecologist five decades after the company's lethal herbicide Agent Orange first devastated the country - and discovers the agribusiness giant is sneaking its way back into Vietnam with modern herbicides and 'Roundup-Ready' GMO crops.
… of their food supply (directly spraying rice-fields, for instance). Experimental in … Bayer was permitted to trial experimental GM rice at a US university. The experiment got out of control, wreaked havoc on local rice production, and infected 30 percent of US …
The Gates Foundation has received a 57,000 strong petition denouncing its support for a 'biopirated' GM banana program in Africa, and calling on it to suspend a feeding trial on US students, writes Vanessa Amaral-Rogers. The banana threatens both the health of the students, say campaigners, and the future of African agriculture.
… follow the model of the now notorious 'Golden Rice', and has the purported goal of reducing …
The EPA's release of an internal memorandum last month showing the increasing use of the cancer-linked weedkiller glyphosate looked like a welcome opening up of information to the public, writes Carey Gillam. But then it was suddenly withdrawn, along with other related documents - though not before she grabbed her copy and reviewed the scale and scope of glyphosate usage.
… pounds, up from 1.4 million pounds; and rice use was estimated at 800,000 pounds, …
Agroecology is key to retaking control over food, farming and land from the 'monstrous machine' of agribusiness, biotech, big finance and 'free trade', writes Colin Todhunter, as it represents a truly viable alternative to agriculture for corporate profit. But such are the powers ranged against the world's small farmers that it must be supported by a broad-based, global people's movement.
… monocultures of a few cash-crops like wheat, rice, or sugar, rather than their traditional …
India's food system, essentially clean just a generation ago, has been comprehensively contaminated with sugar, bad fats, synthetic additives, GMOs and pesticides under the country's neoliberal 'great leap forwards', writes Colin Todhunter. The result? a surge in obesity, diabetes and cancer incidence, but no let-up in the under-nutrition of those too poor to join in the over-consumption.
… These products are then sold at lower prices than domestic meat. There is therefore … you serve up a good old 'wholesome' meal of rice and various vegetables, you could take in …
Conventional agriculture has made an enemy of evolution as pests and diseases develop resistance to biocides and over-bred hybrids succumb to them, writes Salvatore Ceccarelli. But there is another way - for farmers to participate in breeding seed lines that are continuously adapting to their environment, with ever improving yields, flavour, pest-resistance, and other sought-after qualities.
… very valuable to the farmers for the high prices of an early season tomato. It is thus a … at the Headquarters of the Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria- Unità di Ricerca per l'Orticoltura di Monsampolo del …