What is the role of the Humanitarian Board in the Golden Rice Project?
The Golden Rice Humanitarian Board provides governance to the Golden Rice Humanitarian Project, which is being carried out by a network of Golden Rice licensees and related interested parties. The Humanitarian Project is a public-private partnership created by the inventors in 2000 to assist in the development of Golden Rice. The Humanitarian Project is sponsored by HarvestPlus (which in turn is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank), the Swiss Development and Collaboration Agency, USAID, and the Syngenta Foundation, together with local research institutes and several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) including the Rockefeller Foundation and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). The Golden Rice Humanitarian Board is responsible for the global development, introduction and free distribution of Golden Rice to target countries. The novel trait will be bred into locally adapted rice varieties for regional use. It is intended to introduce it into p
The Golden Rice Humanitarian Board provides governance to the international Golden Rice humanitarian project, which is being carried out by a network of licensees and national research insittutions. The humanitarian project is a public-private partnership created by the inventors in 2000 to assist in the development and deployment of Golden Rice. The humanitarian project is sponsored by HarvestPlus (which in turn is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank), the Swiss Development and Collaboration Agency, USAID, and the Syngenta Foundation, together with local research institutes and several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) including the Rockefeller Foundation and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). The Golden Rice Humanitarian Board is responsible for the global development, introduction and free distribution of Golden Rice to target countries. The novel trait will be bred into locally adapted rice varieties for regional use. It is intended t
