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    Scientists developed golden rice to address malnourishment by adding beta-carotene, but corporate patent claims prevented donation to the poor. To allow donation while still protecting their invention, the scientists filed their own patent and partnered with a corporation for profits and approval to donate seeds. However, some critics argued the scientists were motivated by profit and fame rather than compassion, and that increasing greens consumption was a simpler solution than golden rice. The chapter concludes by stating golden rice continues the homogenous culture of the Green Revolution, making agriculture less adaptable to change, and therefore is not a real solution for developing countries.

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    Summary for Chapter 2, Seeds of Gold, of Food Inc. by Peter Pringle

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    Scientists developed golden rice to address malnourishment by adding beta-carotene, but corporate patent claims prevented donation to the poor. To allow donation while still protecting their invention, the scientists filed their own patent and partnered with a corporation for profits and approval to donate seeds. However, some critics argued the scientists were motivated by profit and fame rather than compassion, and that increasing greens consumption was a simpler solution than golden rice. The chapter concludes by stating golden rice continues the homogenous culture of the Green Revolution, making agriculture less adaptable to change, and therefore is not a real solution for developing countries.

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    Book: Food, Inc.

    Chapter 2: Seeds of Gold


    The golden rice project succeeded in transferring beta-carotene into rice, the primary diet of poorer
    nations to eliminate malnourishment. However, the golden rice could not be donated to the poor
    due to multiple license claims by corporates who hold patents to technologies used in its
    development. As a solution, Potrykus and Beyer filed a patent for their invention and formed an
    agreement with AstraZeneca, which gave approval to the donation of rice seeds to poorer farmers
    and in return market it for profits. Thus, corporates relented for a charitable image. This however led
    critics to believe that the scientists were profit-minded and used compassion for fame. Shiva, a critic,
    also believed that there were simpler methods to eliminate malnourishments such as increasing
    greens consumption. This chapter ends with Shiva stating that golden rice is part of the Green
    Revolution, which supported homogenous culture that made agriculture less versatile to changes,
    and hence is not a real solution for developing countries.
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