And it's starving. We have tried organic agriculture. It works well in some places. It works less well in others. We would like the potential to try another technology.
Biotechnology also contributes to the elimination of pesticides.
Another area where biotechnology offers promise for the developing world in particular is in the production of food products with extra nutritional or medicinal properties. We have the opportunity to provide the people with resistance to this disease through their normal diet. Golden Rice is being developed by a Swiss scientist, Ingo Potrykus, working for a Swiss foundation with support from the Rockefeller Foundation. It will be delivered free of charge. Rights to the intellectual property have been waived.