Ingo Potrykus: Perbedaan antara revisi

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 [[rice]], [[wheat]], [[millet]]s and [[manioc]] crops.<ref>Weasel, Lisa H. 2009. Food Fray. Amacom Publishing</ref> The most significant development so far has been the creation of golden rice, a new rice variety providing [[provitamin A]]. This strain of rice is widely seen as the model example of how to sustainably reduce malnutrition in developing countries. Potrykus began thinking about using genetic engineering to improve the nutritional qualities of rice in the late 1980s. He knew that of some 3 billion people who depend on rice as their staple crop, around 10% risk some level of vitamin-A deficiency. This problem interested Potrykus for numerous reasons, including the scientific challenge of transferring not just a single gene, but a group of genes that represented a key part of a biochemical pathway. In 1993, with funding from the [[Rockefeller Foundation]], Potrykus teamed up with [[Peter Beyer]] and they launched what would become a 7 year, $2.6 million project to develop Golden Rice.<ref>Robinson, Simon. "Grains of Hope." Time 31 July 2000. Web</ref>

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