If Syngenta has no commercial interest in Golden Rice, why then is it supporting the development work?
Syngenta has no commercial interest in Golden Rice in respect of its potential use or application in developing countries. Initially was investigating a potential commercial use in developed countries, but in the meantime it does not see a commercial market for it anymore. Nevertheless. The technology has been donated by the inventors and Syngenta to the resource-poor farmers of developing countries, and further development is now the responsibility of the Humanitarian Board and public institutes, which are the licensees. Golden Rice is being introduced into publicly-owned rice varieties via national and international public sector research institutions, to be made available by government institutions free of charge to resource-poor farmers. The farmers will then be able to grow, save, consume, resow and sell the resulting rice crop into the local economy. No new dependencies will be created. This is the most significant donation that Syngenta has ever made. The potential benefits that
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