TY - JOUR
T1 - Golden Rice - Five years on the road - Five years to go?
AU - Al-Babili, Salim
AU - Beyer, Peter
N1 - Funding Information:
The continued development of GR to meet the challenge of providing a provitamin A biofortified rice and the complement of micronutrients necessary to combat additional micronutrient deficiency disorders will require the close collaboration of international research consortia willing to amalgamate their complementary expertise and knowledge in biochemistry, transformation technologies, breeding, deregulation, nutrition and end-user outreach activities. Most importantly, National Agricultural Research Institutions in countries with VAD need to be involved early on in the process, not only because of their complementary knowledge but also to create national ownership of the project. Two consortia have recently been formed. One is HarvestPlus ( http://www.harvestplus.org ), which targets the nutritional improvement of a wide variety of crop plants, mostly through breeding. The other is in the Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative ( http://www.gcgh.org/subcontent.aspx?SecID=390 ), which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, targeting banana, cassava, sorghum and rice, mostly through genetic modification. Such consortia are expected to continue to develop into focal points for a novel type of ‘Green Revolution’ in which the well-known issues of food nutritional content, which had been neglected in the past, will be addressed.
PY - 2005/12
Y1 - 2005/12
N2 - Provitamin A accumulates in the grain of Golden Rice as a result of genetic transformation. In developing countries, where vitamin A deficiency prevails, grain from Golden Rice is expected to provide this important micronutrient sustainably through agriculture. Since its original production, the prototype Golden Rice has undergone intense research to increase the provitamin A content, to establish the scientific basis for its carotenoid complement, and to better comply with regulatory requirements. Today, the current focus is on how to get Golden Rice effectively into the hands of farmers, which is a novel avenue for public sector research, carried out with the aid of international research consortia. Additional new research is underway to further increase the nutritional value of Golden Rice.
AB - Provitamin A accumulates in the grain of Golden Rice as a result of genetic transformation. In developing countries, where vitamin A deficiency prevails, grain from Golden Rice is expected to provide this important micronutrient sustainably through agriculture. Since its original production, the prototype Golden Rice has undergone intense research to increase the provitamin A content, to establish the scientific basis for its carotenoid complement, and to better comply with regulatory requirements. Today, the current focus is on how to get Golden Rice effectively into the hands of farmers, which is a novel avenue for public sector research, carried out with the aid of international research consortia. Additional new research is underway to further increase the nutritional value of Golden Rice.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tplants.2005.10.006
DO - 10.1016/j.tplants.2005.10.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16297656
AN - SCOPUS:28244495048
SN - 1360-1385
VL - 10
SP - 565
EP - 573
JO - Trends in plant science
JF - Trends in plant science
IS - 12
ER -