Readers respond
Here are some comments that came in response to Wednesday's The Daily Star report headlined “Trial for vitamin A-rich rice soon”.
Nasirullah Mridha, USA
This new vitamin A-rice ingenuity by one of our indigenous scientist adds a new medal to our dignity. As a Bangladeshi, I take my hat off to all the scientists and fund provider institutions whose unremitting help made this possible. We hope blindness in our children will be greatly reduced once this rice reaches the local market. Abu Zubair
Very encouraging result after a long time from IRRI and BRRI. But we need to know the production cost and yield of the expected rice variety. As for Bangladesh, we have no scope to sacrifice yield due to expanding population and the alarming decline of cultivable land. We also have to carefully think about the long-term health safety for any kind of genetically modified crop. Sanwar Moni
Erasing Vitamin A deficiency through genetically engineered variety rice is a good news but before commercialisation, we should specially focus and seriously consider whether it is favourable towards environment and human health. Sromobazar
It is a great news for us. Rice is our staple diet and this rice can solve our deficiency of vitamin A. Md Abdullahil Baki Bhuiyan
Technology in agriculture always sustains if farmers are cautious in adopting them. Before launching into the fields, trials must be held to ensure that no negative impact falls on the environment. Alien technology had fearful effects on the native ecology in the past and we should calculate the cost benefit ratio. Since the major stakeholders are marginal farmers, the technology should be provided at low cost. Anonymous in USA
An excellent innovation for rice production. We hope this variety will grow in abundance to guarantee food security as well as nutrition.
This new vitamin A-rice ingenuity by one of our indigenous scientist adds a new medal to our dignity. As a Bangladeshi, I take my hat off to all the scientists and fund provider institutions whose unremitting help made this possible. We hope blindness in our children will be greatly reduced once this rice reaches the local market. Abu Zubair
Very encouraging result after a long time from IRRI and BRRI. But we need to know the production cost and yield of the expected rice variety. As for Bangladesh, we have no scope to sacrifice yield due to expanding population and the alarming decline of cultivable land. We also have to carefully think about the long-term health safety for any kind of genetically modified crop. Sanwar Moni
Erasing Vitamin A deficiency through genetically engineered variety rice is a good news but before commercialisation, we should specially focus and seriously consider whether it is favourable towards environment and human health. Sromobazar
It is a great news for us. Rice is our staple diet and this rice can solve our deficiency of vitamin A. Md Abdullahil Baki Bhuiyan
Technology in agriculture always sustains if farmers are cautious in adopting them. Before launching into the fields, trials must be held to ensure that no negative impact falls on the environment. Alien technology had fearful effects on the native ecology in the past and we should calculate the cost benefit ratio. Since the major stakeholders are marginal farmers, the technology should be provided at low cost. Anonymous in USA
An excellent innovation for rice production. We hope this variety will grow in abundance to guarantee food security as well as nutrition.
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