Gates Foundation Donates $18 Million to Support GM Rice, Cassava

Nearly $20 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will support genetically modified rice and cassava to grown in low income countries.

A grant of $10.3 million will go to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) for Golden Rice development; the GM rice contains beta carotene to combat Vitamin A deficiencies. Golden rice will apply for approval in the Philippines in 2013 and in Bangladesh in 2015.

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