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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:22:17 +0100
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This is Darmono Taniwiryono, a senior research scientist at the Indonesian Biotechnology Research Institute for Estate Crops (IBRIEC) in Bogor, Indonesia. Estate Crops cover oil palm, Hevea rubber, cacao, coffee, tea, and sugarcane. I had been the head of that institute for quite sometime, ended just recently this year. Now I become part of the Center for Agricultural Policy Studies (CAPS), based in Jakarta, Indonesia, as an Institutional Development Officer of Biotechnology Program.

When we are discussing the impact of genomics and other 'omics' so far and in the near future for the crop, forestry, livestock, fishery and agro-industry sectors in developing countries, we should also look at whether any genomic and other 'omics' products (gene sequence, DNA markers, primers, and others) and its derivates (GMO) are readily available and easily accessible by farmers in developing countries. The essential question is: Who has the property right of genomic and other 'omics' products? Unfortunately, the answer is not research scientists at developing countries. If anyone wants to use it, then it should be for research purposes only. Consequently, the impacts of genomics and other 'omics' in developing countries could be significant only at the academic and scientific levels, and I believe that all of us still fail to bring down the impacts to the farmers level. The road to reach the heart of every human being needs (food, energy and good environment), at fast growing world population, is still far away.

Amicable law and regulation should be developed (by world body) so that research scientists from developing countries and developed countries could work together and share property rights proportionally, and receive sufficient funding for the improvement of many crops that are mostly not become the interest of research scientists in developed countries. Regulations and condition in developing countries should encourage scientists to move forwards with most of their rights in using the most current genomics and other 'omics' technologies without pressures from any parties for any unfounded reasons.

I am glad to be able to participate at this important world conference.

Darmono Taniwiryono, PhD
Indonesian Biotechnology Research Institute for Estate Crops
Jl. Taman Kencana No. 1, 
Bogor 16151
Indonesia
e-mail: darmonot (at) gmail.com
http://www.darmonotaniwiryono.wordpress.com
Twitter: @darmonot

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