PAN AP RICE SHEETS (DECEMBER 2007)
WHO NEEDS GOLDEN RICE?
Golden Rice is a genetically engineered rice with the capability to produce beta carotene, the precursor of Vitamin A. It is called Golden Rice (GR) because of its characteristic, orange/yellowish color, the color of carotenoids....
PAN AP RICE SHEETS (DECEMBER 2007)
GE RICE - The Genetic Engineering of the World's Leading Staple Crop
"Rice is the world's most consumed staple food grain, with half the world's people depending on it. It is harvested on about 146 million hectares, representing 10 per cent of global arable land. The yield is reported as 535...
PAN AP RICE SHEETS (NOVEMBER 2007)
THE SYSTEM OF RICE INTENSIFICATION (SRI): an efficient, economical and ecologically-friendly way to increase productivity
About 150 million hectares (9%) of the world’s cultivated area are devoted to the production of rice (Oryza sativa L.), the staple food of over half of the world’s population. The total annual rice production of about 620 million...
PAN AP RICE SHEETS (JULY 2007)
Hybrid Rice in Asia: Sowing the Seeds of Dependency
Over the past four decades, technological innovations in rice breeding have become a frontier for increasing rice productivity in Asia. Dubbed as the Green Revolution, the development and massive promotion of the so-called...
PAN AP RICE SHEETS (MARCH 2007)
Intellectual Property Rights and Rice
Rice is the staple food for half the people on Earth, and is at the heart of Asia's diverse cultures. Yet its future, along with that of millions of small-scale rice farmers, many of them women, is in jeopardy. Transnational...