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Jan 2, 2003 · Genetically modified 'protato' to feed India's poor. Genetically modified potatoes will play a key part in an ambitious 15-year plan to combat malnutrition among India’s poorest...
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Sep 21, 2010 · This will set a precedence to focus on GM technology to improve nutritive quality of food, a dire need for a developing country like India." Padmanabhan said that potato per se may not satisfy the ...
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Jun 12, 2003 · If, as expected, the protato is approved by Christmas, India will have won the race to develop the first "functional" GM food. British, American and Australian researchers are all working...
May 26, 2020 · The 100-plus wild species relatives of potato provide a virtually endless source of traits that can be incorporated into elite varieties relatively easily and quickly. Read the original post X ...
of concern. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has not allowed GM foods in India so far. To understand whether GM foods are available in the Indian market, the Pollution Monitoring Laboratory (PML) at the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) tested 65 imported and domestically produced processed-food samples.
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Apr 3, 2023 · India will test two more genetically modified (GM) food products – bananas, and potatoes -, potentially bringing in a new age of biotech-enhanced farming.
Sep 21, 2010 · London | September 21, 2010 11:26 IST. Follow Us. A team of Indian scientists have grown for the first time,a genetically modified spud called protato that makes up to 60 per cent more protein per gram than ordinary potatoes.
