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2014-11-20 |

Breeding of GM Rice will Contaminate Genetic Pool of Non-GM Rice

Mr.Daniel Ocampo, Ecological Agriculture Campaigner for Greenpeace Southeast Asia says his organization supports varied food items that can be sourced from ecological nature to address the problem of Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD). He says encouraging a diet based on one staple - genetically-engineered "Golden Rice" - rather than an increasing access to the many vitamin-rich vegetables is not a viable solution for treating VAD. He explains how breeding of GE "Golden Rice" will harm the environment and pose risks to human endurance. He concludes that governments should aim at addressing the real cause of VAD - malnutrition and food insecurity - instead of promoting and adopting an ecologically unsafe GE product.

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2014-11-20 |

Breeding of GM Rice will Contaminate Genetic Pool of Non-GM Rice

Mr.Daniel Ocampo, Ecological Agriculture Campaigner for Greenpeace Southeast Asia says his organization supports varied food items that can be sourced from ecological nature to address the problem of Vitamin A Deficiency (VAD). He says encouraging a diet based on one staple - genetically-engineered "Golden Rice" - rather than an increasing access to the many vitamin-rich vegetables is not a viable solution for treating VAD. He explains how breeding of GE "Golden Rice" will harm the environment and pose risks to human endurance. He concludes that governments should aim at addressing the real cause of VAD - malnutrition and food insecurity - instead of promoting and adopting an ecologically unsafe GE product.

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