Golden rice has the potential to solve this problem of malnutrition. It’s fortified with beta carotene—and if it enters the food supply, it will meet the needs of vulnerable people, especially ...

Golden Rice is a genetically modified curveball, ... scientists start working on the creation of Vitamin A-fortified rice. Its golden hue will come from the addition of beta ... whether to allow ...

Research on golden rice began in the 1990s as an effort to develop a type of rice that could counter malnutrition. The rice is fortified with beta-carotene, which is converted into vitamin A ...

Bangladesh is expected to take a decision by Nov 15 on the public release of the Golden Rice, which claims to be the world's first Vitamin-A enriched rice variety. The Philippines, Indonesia and India ...

SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ — A group of farmers on Wednesday stormed the headquarters of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) here to protest the scheduled field tests of the ...

PALAWAN, Philippines — On Aug. 8, 2013, Fernando de Chavez, along with more than 400 farmers and advocates, stormed a Golden Rice field trial site in Pili, a town in Camarines Sur province ...

It is undoubtedly great news that Bangladeshi scientists will be conducting field test on a vitamin A-enriched rice variety called Golden Rice, prior to taking it to the production phase. February ...

Golden Lettuce: New Fortified Food Is Packed With 30 Times More Provitamin A. Story by Tom Hale • 3d. ... a variety of white rice genetically edited to produce beta-carotene.