How will the technology reach developing countries?
The technology will be provided to international and national research organisations in developing countries under licence. The Humanitarian Board will provide strategic guidance in the application of the technology to locally adapted public rice varieties and the carrying out of biosafety and other assessments. The transformed seed will be first introgressed (bred) into locally important rice varities. When approved by the appropriate national authorities who will assess safety to man, animals, and the environment, the seed will be multiplied by conventional seed multiplication processes and distributed to resource-poor farmers for planting, harvesting, small scale commercial activity (less than US$10,000 per annum, to neighbours and local markets) and consumption. The Humanitarian Board will continue to grant licences as they judge appropriate to the National Agricultural Research Centres and other public sector research institutions, in developing countries. The National Agricultura
The technology will be provided to international and national research organisations in developing countries under licence. The Humanitarian Board will provide strategic guidance in the application of the technology to locally adapted public rice varieties and the carrying out of biosafety and other assessments. The transformed seed has already been introgressed (bred) into locally widely consumed, public rice varities. When approved by the appropriate national authorities who will assess safety to man, animals, and the environment, the seed will be multiplied by conventional seed multiplication processes and distributed to resource-poor farmers for planting, harvesting, small-scale commercial activity (less than US$10,000 per annum, sale to neighbours and local markets) and consumption. The Humanitarian Board will continue to grant licences as they judge appropriate to the National Agricultural Research Centres and other public sector research institutions, in developing countries. Th
