Abstract: . . .  Mexico, the USA and the Third World Academy of Sciences. Shiva Vananda (2000) BBC Reith lecture: Poverty and Globalisa- tion; http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/events/ reith_2000/lecture5.stm. Wambugu FM (2001) Modifying Africa: How Biotechnology Can Benefit the Poor and Hungry, a Case Study from Kenya . Nairobi, Kenya.  . . .
. . .  International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his work in breeding dwarf varieties of rice and wheat, suitable for tropical agriculture . The key principle here is that cereals will Page 3 The role of modern biotechnology in developing country agriculture 49 © 2002 British Nutrition Foundation Nutrition Bulletin , 27 , 47–50 produce a similar amount of total biomass under par- ticular growing conditions. If more of this is present as grain, because . . .
. . .  diet is a requirement to double or even triple global food production in the next half century. Mankind must and will meet this challenge, but we will need to use all the tools available to us, including recombinant DNA technology. Appropriate applications of modern biotechnology Already, there are good examples of how to use this tool well: Golden rice Rice is a very widely consumed staple, and yet is a poor source of some vitamins. This is exacerbated by the normal polishing process, used to remove the bran and  . . .
. . .  Academies of Brazil, China, India, Mexico, the USA and the Third World Academy of Sciences. Shiva Vananda (2000) BBC Reith lecture: Poverty and Globalisa- tion; http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/events/ reith_2000/lecture5.stm. Wambugu FM (2001) Modifying Africa: How Biotechnology Can Benefit the Poor and Hungry, a Case Study from Kenya . Nairobi, Kenya.  . . .
. . .  satisfactorily so that farmers in developing countries will be able to receive seed without royalty payments being necessary. There is still some way to go before this is out in the field: trans- formed rice has been made available to the International Rice Research Institute and other developing country public institutions for use in breeding programmes for locally adapted varieties. Although an exciting and eminently worthwhile development, golden rice alone will not solve the prob- lems of malnutrition in the Third World. It is capable of delivering . . .
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