Editing Rice (section)

=== Golden rice ===

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Golden rice is a variety produced through [[genetic engineering]] to synthesize [[beta-carotene]], a precursor of vitamin A, in the [[endosperm]] of the rice grain. It is intended to be grown and eaten in parts of the world where [[Vitamin A deficiency]] is prevalent.<ref name="Golden Rice">{{cite web |title=Golden Rice Q&A |url=http://www.goldenrice.org/Content3-Why/why3_FAQ.php#Solution |publisher=Golden Rice Project |access-date=January 3, 2024 |archive-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214011041/https://www.goldenrice.org/Content3-Why/why3_FAQ.php#Solution |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Ye Al-Babili Klöti Zhang 2000 pp. 303–305">{{cite journal |last1=Ye |first1=Xudong |last2=Al-Babili |first2=Salim |last3=Klöti |first3=Andreas |last4=Zhang |first4=Jing |last5=Lucca |first5=Paola |last6=Beyer |first6=Peter |last7=Potrykus |first7=Ingo |author7-link=Ingo Potrykus |display-authors=5 |title=Engineering the Provitamin A (β-Carotene) Biosynthetic Pathway into (Carotenoid-Free) Rice Endosperm |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |volume=287 |issue=5451 |date=January 14, 2000 |doi=10.1126/science.287.5451.303 |pages=303–305 |pmid=10634784 |bibcode=2000Sci...287..303Y |s2cid=40258379 }}</ref> Golden rice has been opposed by activists, such as in the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Lynas |first=Mark |date=August 26, 2013 |title=Anti-GMO Activists Lie About Attack on Rice Crop (and About So Many Other Things) |url=https://slate.com/technology/2013/08/golden-rice-attack-in-philippines-anti-gmo-activists-lie-about-protest-and-safety.html |access-date=August 21, 2021 |website=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate Magazine]] |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901014927/https://slate.com/technology/2013/08/golden-rice-attack-in-philippines-anti-gmo-activists-lie-about-protest-and-safety.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016 more than 100 [[Nobel laureate]]s encouraged the use of [[genetically modified organism]]s, such as golden rice, for the benefits these could bring.<ref name="Roberts 2018">{{cite journal |last=Roberts |first=Richard J. |title=The Nobel Laureates' Campaign Supporting GMOs |journal=Journal of Innovation & Knowledge |volume=3 |issue=2 |date=2018 |doi=10.1016/j.jik.2017.12.006 |pages=61–65 |doi-access=free }}</ref>