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Article: GM papaya hints at changing attitudes
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- February 7, 2007
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After a gap of eight years, the approval for commercialization of
genetically modified (GM) papaya in China late last year indicates
that the authorities may be taking a more positive attitude toward
agriculture biotechnology, says a leading agriculture expert.
Huang Jikun, director of the Center for Chinese Agricultural
Policy under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, made the remark while
releasing the annual report of the International Service for the
Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) recently in Beijing.
The report says in 2006, GM crops planted worldwide increased by
13 percent to reach 102 million hectares, and included the 6-percent
growth in China, mainly GM cotton.
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