The Use of GM Crops in Developing Countries
Appendix 3: Examples of GM crops with relevance to developing countries (continue 4)
| Crop | Country | Improved trait | Comments | Stage |
| Rice | Philippines (31) | Micronutrient enrichment | – Vitamin A (ß-carotene and other carotenoids) – Project undertaken by the Golden Rice Network (India, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, the Philippines and South Africa). Collaborators include the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the Rockefeller Foundation and the company Syngenta – See case study 4 | L |
| India (32) | Pest resistance (Bt) | – Research undertaken at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi | L | |
| US and South Korea (33) | Abiotic stresses | – Salt, drought and cold tolerance – Research undertaken by Cornell University and researchers in South Korea with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation – Technology to be placed in public domain to benefit farmers from developing countries – See case study 2 | L |
31 Pearce F (2001) Protests take the shine off golden rice, New Scientist 169 (2284): 15; IRRI (2001) Greenpeace Visits IRRI
News Release. Available: http://www.irri.org/vis/line2001.htm. Accessed on: 14 Jan 2003; Syngenta (2000) ‘Golden Rice’
Collaboration Brings Health Benefits Nearer. Available: http://www.syngenta.com/en/media/zeneca.asp. Accessed on: 15
Jan 2003; Rockefeller Foundation (2001) International Rice Research Institute Begins Testing ‘Golden Rice’. Available:
http://www.rockfound.org. Accessed on: 15 Jan 2003.
32 Bhatangar RK (2000) ICGEB Activity Report. Available: http://www.icgeb.org/RESEARCH/ND/Bhatnagar.htm. Accessed on: 9
Jan 2003.
33 Coghlan A (2002) Sweet genes help rice in a drought, New Scientist 176 (2371): 10; Garg AK et al. (2002) Trehalose
accumulation in rice plants confers high tolerance levels to different abiotic stresses, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99: 15898–903;
(2002) GM rice can tough it out, BBC News Online, 26 Nov 2002. Available: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2512195.stm.
Accessed on: 15 Jan 2003.