AN ARTICLE REVIEW ABOUT THE POLITICS OF GOLDEN RICE
Adrian Dubock
Golden Rice is a genetically modified and bio fortified crop. The
bio fortification increases the natural value in crops. Golden rice in
order to produce beta carotene which is not always and not usually
produce in rice. This Golden Rice was first introduced in the year
1999, when Potrykus and Peter Beyer both professors proposed
their project to Rockefeller Foundation, their goal is to provide a
sustainable bio fortification approach to combat Vitamin A
deficiencies in developing countries.
A deficiency (VAD) is prevalent in developing countries whose
diet are all dependent on the rice that they eat or other
carbohydrate foods, which do not contain even a piece of Vitamin A.
The prototype Golden Rice contained 3 genes of interest introduced
from other organisms, but was reduced to 2 and then the plant
source of one of the carotenoids and also a proportion of the most
important part the carotenoid for Vitamin A synthesize by the
human body, beta-carotene.
The benefits of Golden Rice has the promise to help people
prevent million of deaths an to alleviate sufferings of children in
many countries also the adults afflicted with VAD and micro nutrient
deficiency malnutrition in developing countries around the world.
Golden Rice may open up more possibilities of enhancing
genetically modified, bio fortified crops to combat benefit golden
rice. Supporters of the project believe that the improvement of
public health in developing countries trumps the risks associated
with golden rice.
With a lot of researches about Golden Rice and despite of the
countless debates, there’s still some issues remain behind and
many unanswered questions and concerns about the Golden Rice. In
