February 10, 2018
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Wait nearly over for Golden Rice release in Bangladesh: Beta carotene-rich grain key to fight vitamin-A deficiency (Reaz Ahmad, 05 February, 2018, UNB)
Bangladeshi rice scientists have advanced a beta carotene-rich rice to a varietal release stage, heralding a new era in fight against vitamin-A deficiency (VAD).They said the wait is nearly over for release of Golden Rice, a long touted remedy to VAD.According to the World Health Organization's global VAD database, one in every five pre-school children in Bangladesh is vitamin A-deficient. Among the pregnant women, 23.7 percent suffer from VAD.Upon receipts of positive outcome from two successive years of 'confined' field trials, the breeders at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) have just gone for a final cycle of multi-location field trials and sought regulatory approval from the government for an 'unconfined' field test prior seeking variety release approval.
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 10, 2018 8:30 PM