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?
Millions spent, no one served: who is to blame for the failure of GMO Golden Rice? Angelika Hilbeck Hans Herren | 15th August 2016 Comment GMOs Food Science Farming Seed Corporations Health …