Can GM-free biofortified crops succeed after Golden Rice controversy?

Howarth Bouis from HarvestPlus explains why their non-GM biofortified crops with higher portions of key vitamins can succeed in tackling malnutrition.

The Ecologist: 12 December 2011

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This gives an insight into the issues of micro-nutrient deficiency worldwide.  However, Bouis implies that HarvestPlus focus only on non-GM breeding technologies to develop biofortified crops. HarvestPlus fund the University of Melbourne research being done by Dr Alex Johnson to develop iron-enriched rice using transgenic (GM) technologies.

And some TechNyou commentary on the Golden Rice V Iron-enriched rice

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