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India to wait 8 years for GM rice
Posted: Saturday, March 21, 2009 11:45 am
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In India, field trials of GM drought-tolerant rice are under way, and Dr, Charudatta Digambarrao Mayee, chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB).

The Business Standard (India) reports that the GM rice has already completed polyhouse test - the crop grown under lock and key - successfully which is the first stage of examination.

Now the controlled field trials, under which the crop is grown in restricted area at least a kilometre away from the conventional crop sowing area, are on. By 2010-11, the test will enter into open field trials under strict government control which will run at least for two years.

Following this, commercialisation would be permitted to a limited number of large scale farmers. The government will continue to monitor the progress through all aspects including plant and stem size, salinity, seed growth, moisture content, post-harvest soil management and crop storage life.

In the case of rice, the small scale commercialisation will continue for five-six years unlike two years for non-food agricultural commodities. "On being fully satisfied with the all these tests, we would grant permission for full scale commercialisation of GM rice," Mayee said.

When asked about the delay in commercialisation of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) brinjal, Mayee said, "Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) do not want such crop (Bt brinjal) as they want trial runs to continue for an impossible period of 25 years."

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