I emailed Adrian Dubock (via the contact email on the website) and his reply was that the philippines will still be included. My guess is that when they starte

I emailed Adrian Dubock (via the contact email on the website) and his reply was that the philippines will still be included. My guess is that when they started the philippines and other rice producint countries where on that list (couldn't find for previous years), but from what he said, its a "project of need and goodwill". Take away what you want from this, but I think its a case of the inventors not foreseeing these countries would not be part of that list back in the early 2000s. Syngenta have the rights to the distributions (the original inventors have the actual patents), so it might not be much of an issue to change those terms. "if the humanitarian use license did include any that could, it forbids exporting golden rice - it's strictly for internal consumption only. The page you linked makes this restriction very clear." So you're going from the premise that those countries dealt effectively with VAD with supplements with the one that says that Golden rice is bad because they can't export? How does a restriction on export mean that you can't enjoy the benefits of Golden Rice? The point is that poor farmers grow a rice that is a source of vitamin A, without having to grow/buy vegetables or get vitamin supplements. They don't need to export to get the benefits, they just need to eat rice with added Vitamin A. Your argument doesn't make any sense. edit: missing word