In January 2001, the first transfer of the technology took
place to the International Rice Research Institute based in the
Philippines, a member institute of the Consultative Group on
International Agricultural Research with a long-standing and
proven expertise in breeding improved rice varieties for dissemination
to developing countries, primarily in but not restricted
to Asia. In addition, facilitated by the Indo-Swiss
Collaboration on Biotechnology, further research and development
of Golden Rice in India is being pursued in collaboration
with national research institutes. Dr. Hoa, a Vietnamese
visiting scientist, has transformed several local varieties.
She will take these seeds back to Vietnam to conduct further