USAID Administrator pens “Letter to the Editor” on Golden rice

What’s really at stake in the genetic engineering debate? Better nutrition and incomes for poor families everywhere.

Throughout history, our greatest development advances have come from introducing safe, proven and appropriate technologies to the world’s most vulnerable people. That’s how we helped hundreds of millions of people avert starvation during the Green Revolution. Today, stresses from climate change, conflict and poverty make this approach more urgent than ever.

Read the full, original story here: “Genetic Engineering” 

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