News Archives

March 2001

Grain Of Hope
21/3/01, Rockefeller Foundation
Advances in the genetic modification of rice may lead to a variety which helps to alleviate vitamin deficiency in developing countries.

U.S. Groups Funding Disinformation Campaign In Malaysia
14/3/01, Bernama
Malaysian anti-biotechnology groups are being funded by American radical environmentalists, according to preliminary results of an investigation conducted by the Institute of Public Affairs in Australia.

The GM Farmer's Story
10/3/01, The Scotsman
"I believe GM crops are the way forward. Like other developments in agriculture over the years, it is just another farming tool and through time it will come into its own."

Market Forces; Rice And Shine
05/3/01, Business World
The beta-carotene gives the grain a yellow color, thus it is now widely called the "golden rice." The human body, scientists explain, breaks beta-carotene molecules into two vitamin A molecules, also known as retinol.

GM Bid Farmer Rejects Fears Over Trials
03/3/01, The Scotsman
The owner of two farms bidding to carry out government-backed trials of GM crops has dismissed fears over the experiments. Farms at Smithton, near Inverness, Auldearn, near Nairn and two at Daviot, Aberdeenshire, have applied to hold the tests this spring.

Flavour Of Genetically Modified Food Seems To Improve With Age
02/3/01, National Business Review
People are increasingly coming around to the idea of eating GM food, a new survey shows.