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CENHS supports a community of research professors, visiting research fellows, postdoctoral fellows, artists, and graduate students who engage issues such as energy use and climate change from the perspective of disciplines such as Anthropology, Architecture, Art History, Comparative Literature, English, History, Media Studies, Philosophy, Political Theory, Religious Studies, and Sociology.
The Baker Institute was founded in 1993. James Baker envisioned a public policy institute where “statesmen and scholars work[ed] in an atmosphere of intellectual excellence and strict nonpartisanship to develop fresh, informed approaches to policy,” while the idea for a public policy institute on campus came from Rice University political science professor Richard Stoll. [5]
Golden rice is a variety of rice (Oryza sativa) produced through genetic engineering to biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, in the edible parts of the rice. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is intended to produce a fortified food to be grown and consumed in areas with a shortage of dietary vitamin A .
Research is handled by a consortium of seven laboratories in a number of countries. Apart from Beyer's group the project involves groups from Baylor College of Medicine , Michigan State University , the International Rice Research Institute and PhilRice , both in the Philippines, the Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute , and the Chinese ...
Motivated by the upcoming food crisis problem of malnutrition in developing countries and the potential of gene technology to contribute to food security, Potrykus and his research group dedicated their work to genetic engineering projects aimed at improving yield stability and food quality of crops such as rice, wheat, millet, sorghum, and cassava. [5]
Research suggests that since rice is a staple crop across the world, improvements have potential to alleviate hunger, malnutrition and poverty. [ 6 ] In 2018, Canada and the United States approved genetically modified golden rice for cultivation, with Health Canada and the US Food and Drug Administration declaring it safe for consumption.
The International Rice Genebank holds more than 127,000 accessions of rice and wild relatives and is the biggest collection of rice genetic diversity in the world. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] The International Network for Genetic Evaluation of Rice (INGER) was created by IRRI in 1975 as the International Rice Testing Program IRTP. [ 27 ]
Shiva strongly opposes golden rice, a breed of rice that has been genetically engineered to biosynthesise beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A. Shiva contends that Golden Rice is more harmful than beneficial in her explanation of what she calls the "Golden Rice hoax": "Unfortunately, Vitamin A rice is a hoax, and will bring further dispute ...