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i s a a aInternational Servicefor the Acquisitionof Agri-biotechApplicationsISAAA Briefsbrief 50Voices and Views:Why Biotech?Edited byMariechel J. NavarroDirector, Global Knowledge Center on Crop BiotechnologyNo. 50 - 2015

BRIEF 50Voices and Views: Why Biotech?Edited byMariechel J. NavarroDirector, Global Knowledge Center on Crop BiotechnologyNo. 50 - 2015

Published by:The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications(ISAAA)Copyright:ISAAA 2015. All rights reserved. Whereas ISAAA encourages the global sharingof information in Brief 50, no part of this publication may be reproduced in anyform or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopying, recordingor otherwise without the permission of the copyright owners. Reproduction ofthis publication, or parts thereof, for educational and non-commercial purposesis encouraged with due acknowledgment, subsequent to permission beinggranted by ISAAA.Citation:Navarro, M.J. (Ed.) 2015. Voices and Views: Why Biotech? ISAAA Brief No. 50.ISAAA: Ithaca, NY.ISBN:978-1-892456-60-5Info on ISAAA:For information about ISAAA, please contact the Center nearest you:ISAAA AmeriCenter105 Leland LabCornell UniversityIthaca NY 14853, U.S.A.Electronic copy:ISAAA AfriCenterPO Box 70, ILRI CampusOld Naivasha RoadUthiru, Nairobi 00605KenyaISAAA SEAsiaCenterc/o IRRIDAPO Box 7777Metro ManilaPhilippinesE-copy available at http://www.isaaa.org/ or email info@isaaa.org for additionalinformation about this Brief.

Table of ContentsAuthors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vPreface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ixTechnology for HumanityNINA V. FEDOROFF: Can We Feed 10 Billion People?Mariechel J. Navarro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3PER PINSTRUP-ANDERSEN: A Matter of ChoiceMariechel J. Navarro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7ZERUBABEL MIJUMBI NYIIRA: Biotechnology is New Knowledge to Advanceand not Retrogress HumanityGilbert Gumisiriza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10GUO SANDUI: Biotechnology Promotes Human Progress and DevelopmentTian Zhang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14CHARITY KAWIRA MUTEGI: Biotechnology, Not a Silver Bullet but a KeyTool for Attaining Food SecurityMargaret Karembu, Faith Nguthi, and Brigitte Bitta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18CLAUDE M. FAUQUET: Improved Cassava through BiotechnologyIan Mari E. Reano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21HALA EISSA: Arresting Wheat Problems through BiotechnologyNaglaa Abdallah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24VIJAY ATMARAM INGLE: Cotton is My Partner and Thread of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Translated by Dr. Charudatta MayeeKARIM TRAORE: GM Cotton is a Social Safety Net in Burkina FasoMargaret Karembu, Faith Nguthi, and Brigitte Bitta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Harnessing Benefits and PotentialsMORRIS OGENGA-LATIGO: Embrace Knowledge; Do not Stifle ProgressGilbert Gumisiriza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37INGO POTRYKUS: Use of Biotechnology is a Social ResponsibilityRhodora R. Aldemita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Voices and Views: Why Biotech?i

GREGORY CONKO: Advocating for More Rational Biotech RegulationMariechel J. Navarro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45PAMELA RONALD: Setting the Table for TomorrowKristine Grace N. Tome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50INEZ SLAMET-LOEDIN: From Fascination to FulfillmentMariechel J. Navarro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54WAYNE PARROTT: There’s Always a Place for BiotechnologyKristine Grace N. Tome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Championing the CauseANWAR NASIM: A Non-Government Individual Leads Biotech EffortsM. Iqbal Choudhary, Saifullah Khan and Sammer Yousuf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65EMIL Q. JAVIER: Biotech VisionaryClement Dionglay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69MOHD NAZLEE KAMAL: Championing Biotech and Bioeconomy Initiatives in MalaysiaMahaletchumy Arujanan and Brian Chow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73BENIGNO D. PECZON: Biotechnology, a Tool to Help HumanityRhodora R. Aldemita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77SUTAT SRIWATANAPONGSE: Giving a Helping Hand to Biotech in ThailandSupat Attathom and Mariechel J. Navarro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81EMILIANA N. BERNARDO: An Advocate of Environmental StewardshipMaria Monina Cecilia A. Villena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85AGUS PAKPAHAN: Strengthening Policies for Biotechnology in IndonesiaDewi Suryani Oktavia and Heryanto Lingga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89PORNSIL PATCHRINTANAKUL: Mixing Business and Science for National DevelopmentSupat Attathom and Mariechel J. Navarro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Communicating the ScienceCHANNAPATNA PRAKASH: Galvanizing Worldwide Support for Agri-biotechMariechel J. Navarro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99CHRIS KAKUNTA: Media will Make or Break the Use of Biotechnology in AfricaMargaret Karembu, Faith Nguthi, and Brigitte Bitta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103JON ENTINE: Demystifying Genetics and BiotechnologyMariechel J. Navarro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107ii

JIA HEPENG: Good Journalists Never Stop Revealing the TruthTian Zhang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110BRUCE CHASSY: Getting the Message Out and ClearMariechel J. Navarro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114NINA GLORIANI: Taking Scientific Arguments to Public EngagementSophia Mercado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118MARK LYNAS: Uprooting the Weeds of MisinformationMariechel J. Navarro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Thinking Beyond TechnologyWINARNO TOHIR: Consider Ethics in Developing Transgenic CropDewi Suryani Oktavia and Heryanto Lingga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129The Voice of Islam for BiotechnologyShaikh Mohd Saifuddeen bin Shaikh Mohd Salleh and Mahaletchumy Arujanan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137Voices and Views: Why Biotech?iii

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Authors and ContributorsMariechel J. Navarro is Director of ISAAA’s Global Knowledge Center on Crop Biotechnology (KC). Shehas been with the KC since its inception in September 2000. Her internship at the CAB Internationalin the United Kingdom on managing a biotechnology information system on the Internet led tothe development of the weekly e-newsletter Crop Biotech Update. Her contributions to biotechcommunication include the following publications: Communicating Challenges and Convergence in CropBiotechnology, From Monologue to Stakeholder Engagement: The Evolution of Biotech Communication,Communicating Crop Biotechnology: Stories from Stakeholders, and Bridging the Knowledge Divide:Experiences in Communicating Crop Biotechnology. She has a PhD in Development Communication fromthe University of the Philippines Los Baños and has had trainings in communication and biotech from theUnited Kingdom, USA, Austria, and Australia.Naglaa Abdallah is Acting Director of Egypt Biotechnology Information Center (EBIC) based at CairoUniversity in Giza, Egypt, where she is also a professor at the Department of Genetics. She obtained herPhD in Molecular Genetics from Cairo University in 1986 and has been teaching since 1979. Naglaa is alsothe editor-in-chief of GM Crops and Food, a Landes Bioscience journal based in Texas, USA.Rhodora R. Aldemita is Senior Program Officer of ISAAA, Southeast Asia Center and is currently amember of the Technical Advisory Committee of Applied Biotechnology Research of the Department ofAgriculture Biotechnology Program Office, and member of the Science and Technology Review Panel ofthe Bureau of Plant Industry Biotechnology Core Team. She holds a PhD in Botany from Purdue University,Lafayette, Indiana, USA and completed a Post-doctoral Fellowship at Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg,Germany on biochemistry and molecular biology studies of Golden Rice. Her bachelors degree inAgriculture and masters degree in Agronomy were obtained from the University of the Philippines LosBaños. She is also the editor-in-chief of the Phil Journal of Crop Science and scientific reviewer of fiveother journals.Mahaletchumy Arujanan is Executive Director of Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (MABIC)and Editor-in-Chief of The Petri Dish – the first science newspaper in Malaysia. She has a degree inBiochemistry and Microbiology from Universiti Putra Malaysia, Masters in Biotechnology and PhD inscience communication from University of Malaya. Maha won the 2010 Third World Academy of ScienceRegional Prize for Public Understanding of Science for East, Southeast Asia and Pacific Region. She isactively involved in public understanding of biotech since 2003 where she enjoys excellent workingrelationships with various ministries, government agencies, research institutes, public and privateuniversities, industries, and various international organizations.Supat Attathom is Director of the Biotechnology and Biosafety Information Center (BBIC) hosted by theCollege of Agriculture, Kasetsart University in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. He holds a PhD in Plant Pathologyfrom the University of California at Riverside, USA.Voices and Views: Why Biotech?v

Brigitte Bitta is Program Officer at ISAAA AfriCenter. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree inMicrobiology, Zoology, and Chemistry from Bangalore University, India. Currently, she is pursuing an MScdegree in Agricultural Information and Communication Management at the University of Nairobi, Kenya.She assists in the implementation of various projects of the Biotech Information Centers in East Africa andWest Africa and serves as the secretariat of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology project.M. Iqbal Choudhary is Professor of Organic Chemistry and Director at International Center for Chemicaland Biological Sciences (H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry and Dr. Panjwani Center for MolecularMedicine and Drug Research) as well as the Director of Pakistan Biotechnology Information Center locatedat the same center. He is graded as one of the most productive scientists of Pakistan by the PakistanCouncil for Science and Technology, and is recognized for his original contributions in the fields of naturalproducts and bioorganic chemistry. He has written and edited 30 books, most of which have beenpublished in the U.S. and Europe.Brian Chow, an executive of the Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation, is a biotechnologist by training.He holds a B.S. in Biotechnology from Monash University. He has close to 10 years of experience in the lifesciences and biotechnology field and is passionate in the development of biotechnology and sciencerelated businesses in Malaysia.Clement Dionglay is Project Assistant at ISAAA’s KC. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English from theAsian Institute of Distance Education in Makati, Philippines.Gilbert Gumisiriza works as Research Analyst with the Uganda Biosciences Information Center (UBIC).Prior to joining UBIC, he worked as biosafety officer with the Uganda National Council for Science andTechnology. His basic training is in Biology (BSc Kyambogo University, Kampala) and Biosafety in PlantBiotechnology (MSc, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy). He also holds a post-graduate Diploma inEnvironmental Management (University of Wales, Aberystwyth).Margaret Karembu is Director of ISAAA’s AfriCenter based in Nairobi, Kenya. She holds a PhD inEnvironmental Science Education from Kenyatta University and has over 10 years of experience inuniversity teaching. Margaret oversees the Africa-based Biotechnology Information Centers in East andCentral Africa (Kenya), Francophone Africa (Mali/Burkina Faso), and Egypt.Heryanto Lingga is Editor of the economic desk of Warta Ekonomi, one of the national magazines inIndonesia. He also serves as public relations consultant of Bank Indonesia.Saifullah Khan is Professor in the Department of Agriculture and Agribusiness Management in theUniversity of Karachi. He earned BSc Hons. agriculture and Msc. Hons. agriculture degrees from Universityof Agriculture Faisalabad major in plant breeding and genetics. He completed his PhD at SAC University ofEdinburgh United Kingdom. He has published over 50 papers and has two U.S. patents.Charudatta Mayee is President of the Indian Society for Cotton Improvement based in Mumbai, India,chairman of AFC Ltd., and member of the Executive Boards of ABNE Burkina Faso and ISAAA. Amongothers, he has served as Chairman of the Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (New Delhi) andDirector, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur.vi

Sophia Mercado is Information and Communications Assistant at SEARCA BIC. She finished her BS degreein Development Communication major in Development Journalism from the University of the PhilippinesLos Baños.Faith Nguthi is Senior Program Officer at ISAAA AfriCenter. She holds a PhD in Social Science from theUniversity of Wageningen in the Netherlands, and an MS in Horticulture and BS in Agriculture from theUniversity of Nairobi, Kenya.Dewi Suryani Oktavia is Program Manager at Indonesian Biotechnology Information Center (IndoBIC).She obtained her BS degree in Agriculture and MS degree in Management and Business from BogorAgricultural University, Indonesia.Ian Mari E. Reaño is Information Management Specialist at ISAAA. He finished his Bachelor of Sciencein Agriculture major in Agronomy degree as well as a Masters degree in Plant Genetic ResourcesConservation and Management at the University of the Philippines Los Baños. He is also a licensedagriculturist.Shaikh Mohd Saifuddeen bin Shaikh Mohd Salleh is Senior Fellow at the Centre for Science andEnvironment Studies at the Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM). This is his second tenure atIKIM since he left in 2005. Prior to this, he was Senior Lecturer and Consultant Expert at the Programme forApplied Sciences and Islamic Studies at the Academy of Islamic Studies, the University of Malaya between2012 and 2014. He holds a degree in chemistry and a master’s degree in business administration from theUniversity of Glasgow, as well as a master’s degree in history and philosophy of science, and a doctoratedegree in the same field from the University of Malaya.Kristine Grace N. Tome is Program Associate at ISAAA’s KC. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degreein Biology from the University of the Philippines Los Baños.Maria Monina Cecilia A. Villena is the Special Projects Coordinator/Network Administrator of theSoutheast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture BiotechnologyInformation Center (SEARCA BIC) based at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB). She has 23years of work experience in editorial, teaching, and media and market research. Currently a PhD candidateat the College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines Diliman, her research interests includesocial media and mobile media studies, and science, environment and health communication.Sammer Yousuf is Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry at H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry,International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi. She is also coordinator ofPakistan Biotechnology Information Center located at the same center. She is among the most promisingyoung female scientists of Pakistan, recognized for her contributions in the field of organic structuralchemistry. She is the author of over 100 research papers in international journals.Tian Zhang is Research Assistant of China Biotechnology Information Center, and the editor of ChinaBiotechnology journal. She earned her MS degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from theGraduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.Voices and Views: Why Biotech?vii

“We need to hear thevoices of those who thinktechnology has somethingto offer so that these canresonate to others and bepart of a chorus that is ableto make informed opinionsand produce sustainedaction.”viii

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Dec 01, 2014 · University of Karachi. He earned BSc Hons. agriculture and Msc. Hons. agriculture degrees from University of Agriculture Faisalabad major in plant breeding and genetics. He completed hi

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