Bangladesh: Indonesia benefit from US potato grant
Potato production in Bangladesh and Indonesia is set to receive a boost from a $5.8 million US federal grant for Michigan State University researchers.
Announced last Monday, MSU is leading a project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development through its Feed the Future program. Michigan State works with the University of Minnesota, Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co. and organizations in those countries to produce potatoes that can adapt to extreme weather and pests.Researchers say they are assessing the validity of genetically engineered potatoes to develop the most sustainable kinds.
They also seek to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine and still damages crops worldwide.The U.S. Agriculture Department recently approved a potato genetically engineered by Simplot to resist the disease.
Fuente: http://www.freshplaza.com/article/148187/
