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In reply to the discussion: Over 80 percent of Americans support "mandatory labels on foods containing DNA" [View all]ND-Dem
(4,571 posts)"a surcharge" for golden rice is pretty irrelevant. And the rice *will* be sold commercially, just not with a "surcharge" for the gmo portion, as you've already acknowledged. Making money off golden rice specifically isn't the only interest possible for corporate interests.
Here are some of the funders for the "International Rice Research Institute," part of the web of interests involved in the development of Golden Rice.
Arcadia (a GMO company)
Bankers Association of Bangladesh (BAB)
Bayer (Bayer crop science = GMO)
DevGen (Syngenta company)
ENERTIME (French energy company, including biomass)
International Fertilizer Association (IFA)
International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI)
International Potash Institute (IPI)
International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)
Kellogg's (sponsor of anti-GMO labeling campaign in California)
Mars Incorporated (sponsor of anti-GMO labeling campaign in California)
Pioneer (largest US producer of hybrid seed and a GMO company. Owned by Dupont.)
Sarmap (Partners with International Rice Research Institute and seems to do global surveillance and remote sensing)
Syngenta
http://irri.org/about-us/our-funding