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I don't understand this comment. There's enough food to feed everyone, and more. Why do we need Golden Rice to ensure everyone gets enough vitamin A? Why can't
by cheese_goddess 5y ago
I don't understand this comment. There's enough food to feed everyone, and more. Why do we need Golden Rice to ensure everyone gets enough vitamin A? Why can't we distribute enough food with enough vitamin A to the people who need it, without that food being Golden Rice? And how is Golden Rice solving the problem of getting all the already existing food containing vitamin A to people? Why do we need to fulfill peoples' need of vitamin A with Golden Rice, in particular?
- p_l 5y agoBecause geographical and cultural differences in diet, that's one. Because supplementation programs failed, that's two. Because people most in need are simultaneously too poor and in areas that aren't well served by modern distribution networks, that's three. What the target, people suffering from lack of vitamin A in among other places India, however, do have: Diet that is heavily dependant on rice, that's one Considerable access to rice as locally produced staple crop, that's two. Don't need any new distribution or support in order to grow Golden Rice vs. existant local cultivars and have a supply network for it already in place, that's three.