pedrsmit Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Picked up a thread this morning from El Nuevo Dia, our main newspaper in Puerto Rico, about our main engineering university [universidad de Mayaguez] announcing the creation of a "super yuca" as part of a Bill and Melinda Gates-funded international research initiative called "BioCassava Plus". This yuca variety is genetically modified to pack a higher concentration of ingredients and the intent is to transfer the same to Africa for cultivation and to address malnutrition. I am aware genetic modification of food is highly polemical and thought this forum could generate some very insightful commentary on the same. As a side commentary, cassava, in its raw form, can be processed as a poison, a common practice by indigenous populations throughout current "Latin America". [i've inserted a "UCLA.edu" link on this one]. This may explain why my Cuban mother-in-law stuffs me with half cooked yucca every Christmas. Just kidding Alicia! http://www.elnuevodia.com/creansuperyucaenmayaguez-678410.html http://biocassavaplus.org/program_description.htm http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytextbooks/economicbotany/Manihot/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 ] announcing the creation of a "super yuca" as part of a Bill and Melinda Gates-funded international research initiative called "BioCassava Plus". This yuca variety is genetically modified to pack a higher concentration of ingredients and the intent is to transfer the same to Africa for cultivation and to address malnutrition. I am aware genetic modification of food is highly polemical and thought this forum could generate some very insightful commentary on the same click me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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