Friends:

Please watch the video where the rice scientist at IRRI, Philippines personally thanks you for the support of field trials of Golden Rice that you showed by signing our petition: Overwhelming support for Golden Rice research - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCyUeMyABeY
Nearly 5600 have signed on to the petition so far. A quick look at the numbers suggest that we had signers from nearly 100 countries across the globe, nearly 40% of them were from the Europe and another 40% from USA, about 15% from India, Philippines and other Asian countries, and about 5% from Africa and Latin American countries. See the breakdown of numbers below.

Prakash

Country No of Votes Americas Europe Africa Indian sub-Cont & Asia Pacific
United States 1906 1906
Germany 480 480
United Kingdom 375 375
Philippines 299 299
India 257 257
France 240 240
Belgium 197 197
Australia 195 195
Canada 162 162
Spain 136 136
Switzerland 128 128
Italy 127 127
Sweden 96 96
Brazil 82 82
Netherlands 72 72
Poland 70 70
Portugal 63 63
Denmark 56 56
Israel 51 51
Hungary 49 49
Kenya 42 42
New Zealand 38 38
Finland 32 32
Mexico 29 29
South Africa 29 29
Argentina 27 27
Czech Republic 26 26
Estonia 25 25
Japan 19 19
Austria 18 18
Norway 18 18
Colombia 16 16
Iceland 12 12
Chile 11 11
Malaysia 11 11
Singapore 11 11
Slovania 11 11
Indonesia 10 10
Trinidad and Tobago 10 10
Ireland 9 9
Romania 8 8
Bulgaria 7 7
Korea, Republic of 7 7
Peru 7 7
Saudi Arabia 7 7
Uganda 7 7
Thailand 6 6
China 5 5
Hong Kong 5 5
Turkey 5 5
Domenican Republic 4 4
Ghana 4 4
Greece 4 4
Nigeria 4 4
Pakistan 4 4
Russian Federation 4 4
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4 4
Egypt 3 3
Honduras 3 3
Iran, Islamic Republic of 3 3
Mozambique 3 3
United Arab Emirates 3 3
Uruguay 3 3
Bangladesh 2 2
Benin 2 2
Guatemala 2 2
Latvia 2 2
Luxembourg 2 2
Palestinian Territory, Occupied 2 2
Qatar 2 2
Ukraine 2 2
Armenia 1 1
Barbados 1 1
Cape Verde 1 1
Costa Rica 1 1
Croatia 1 1
Cyprus 1 1
Eire 1 1
Ethiopia 1 1
French Guiana 1 1
Haiti 1 1
Lithuania 1 1
Malta 1 1
Monte Carlo 1 1
Morocco 1 1
Namibia 1 1
Nepal 1 1
Oman 1 1
Puerto Rico 1 1
Reunion (Fr) 1 1
Serbia 1 1
South Korea 1 1
Sri Lanka 1 1
Vietnam 1 1
Zimbabwe 1 1
Total votes against 5595 2272 2308 142 873
destruction of field trial
Percentage split 40.6 41.3 2.5 15.6
by region