GENETICALLY modified potatoes will play a key part in an ambitious 15-year plan to combat malnutrition among India’s poorest children. Anti-poverty campaigners have greeted the “protato” with cautious support.
The three-pronged attack on childhood mortality would aim to provide children with clean water, better food and vaccines. “Zero child mortality in underprivileged children would be the goal,” says Govindarajan Padmanaban, a biochemist at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.
Formulated in collaboration with charities, scientists, government institutes and industry, the anti-hunger plan is under consideration by the Indian government. Meanwhile, the protein-rich GM potatoes are in the final stages…
