China gets on the biotech band wagon

China gets on the biotech band wagon Every day I read the paper it seems that another segment of Chinese commerce is exploding. Like the US they have Starbucks, Wall- Mart and so it would stand to reason they would want to reap the benefits of American Agriculture as well. A study recently released in the Journal of Science reported the phenomenal success of GMO rice being currently tested in China for commercial approval latter this year. Biotech rice enabled Chinese farmers to obtained crop yields of up to 9 percent more rice for every acre under cultivation. Think about the implication of that! One farmer commented to the press that if 90 percent of Chinese farmers planted the rice it would increase China's ag income by increase by $4 billion" per year. For China growing GMO rice means considerably safer farming, due to less illness from pesticides contact. Of course, as in the case of Starbucks we Americans have been privy to GMO crops for years but while their country readily accepts this technology it continues to face opposition in the US and Europe. I'm Susan Allen and this is Food Forethought Source: Consumerfreedom.com