CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The product shown in the picture is popularly known as “Golden Rice”- a genetically modified crop. Philippines has become the world’s first country to approve the commercial production of this product.

Detailed explanation-2: -In July 2021, the Philippines became the first country in the world to approve Golden Rice for commercial propagation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Though the GMO golden rice is approved by the US, Canadian and Australian authorities, the Philippines is the first country to approve its commercial farming.

Detailed explanation-4: -This week, the government of the Philippines announced that it had approved golden rice, making it the first country to do so. Golden rice is a variety of rice that has been genetically modified to combat vitamin A deficiency, thanks to the inclusion of beta-carotene.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1992, after years of research, various groups came together in New York and decided to pursue the project, successfully causing beta carotene to be present in rice grains in 1999 after using genetic engineering to add genes from daffodil and a common soil bacterium to rice.