2010-02-04 | permalink
Chinese experts debate GE rice aproval
Huang Dafang, a member of the Biosafety Committee at the Ministry of Agriculture, said the nation -- which faces shrinking farmland and an increasing population -- will turn to genetically modified organism technology to ensure grain security. [...] The announcement has aroused debate on the Internet with several forums soliciting signatures against commercialization of GM rice with the call ”Saving our posterity”. The strains need registration and production trials before commercial output can begin, which may take three to five years, Huang told China Daily.
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2010-02-04 | permalink
Chinese experts debate GE rice aproval
Huang Dafang, a member of the Biosafety Committee at the Ministry of Agriculture, said the nation -- which faces shrinking farmland and an increasing population -- will turn to genetically modified organism technology to ensure grain security. [...] The announcement has aroused debate on the Internet with several forums soliciting signatures against commercialization of GM rice with the call ”Saving our posterity”. The strains need registration and production trials before commercial output can begin, which may take three to five years, Huang told China Daily.
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