the agricultural market in the 1990’s. Since then, GMO crops have been planted on 174 million hectares of land or, almost half a billion acres of land globally (Fig. 1). GMOs are created through the alteration of genes in a living organism to produce a new genotype. Most food modifications have been primarily focused on cash crops in high demand from farmers such as soybean, corn, canola, and cottonseed oil (GMO Compass – Fig. 2). These cash crops have been engineered for resistance to both pathogens
In recent years, the phenomenon of using Organic Food and GM Food has aroused public concern. To understand the point of the issue, it is essential to analyze Organic food and GM food from different aspect. In this article, I am going to identify the major argument of two perspectives, also the intellectual differences of and inter-connectedness of the two disciplinary perspectives. It is necessary to analyze what are Organic Food and GM Food first. Organic foods are those produced in rich, fertile
its downsides, it is proven to be less detrimental to human health and the environment in the long term. In this paper, I will compare and contrast the drawbacks and benefits of using both purely organic and genetically modified foods, drawing from studies concluded both against and in favor of both, concluding to the above mentioned. Organic food, cited in Lewin (2013), is defined by The Department for Agriculture and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to be: ‘the product of a farming system which avoids the use
4. Discussion: Is the precautionary principle a desirable approach? There are criticisms about the precautionary principle being applied to GM crops. Therefore the question is whether the precautionary principle is a desirable approach. This paragraph explains some arguments against the use of the principle and some counterarguments. First of all it is claimed that the precautionary principle leads to the impossible demand of establishing an absolute absence of harm with a level of evidence that
in percentages of increasing cases of poverty and hunger problem that been faced by some of the country in the world. Therefore, through biotechnology the production of crops can be increases by modifying the DNA to create a better crops that have higher resistant towards climate and diseases. Besides, it also can shorten the growth period of the crops thus reduced the time needed for the crops growth. According to research done in China, the global area of GM crops has increased from 1.7 million
LITTERATURE REVIEW SOURCE 1 ‘HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/GENETICALLY_MODIFIED_ORGANISM’ Date Accessed: 27 February 2016 According to the website, genetically modified organism is any organism whose genetic structure has been altered using the techniques from the genetic engineering. They have been used extensively in the field of medical science and food production. Besides, they are being used in the scientific research field. It is also popularly known as a ‘Transgenic Organism’. The difference
genetically engineered crops to pathogenic microbes- Antibiotic marker genes are used to identify and select the modified cells. If GM food containing antibiotic resistance marker gene is consumed by animals and humans, there is a risk that the transgene will transfer from Genetically engineered food to microflora of human and animals. This may lead to the gut microbes to become resistant to antibiotics. c) The transfer of genes from animals into genetically engineered crops for molecular farming
biological technologies can help with issues such as world hunger and insufficient food sources. In order to find a best possible solution to the issues, genetic engineering has been used more and more often. Some people also think Genetically Modified Crops could be a solution of reduction of food resources. Scientists and farmers start looking at preserving the seeds of plants for a longer period of time by using biological technologies. Seedbank has been introduced and used in the processing of finding
Biotechnology Essay Corn crops dying from pests and the use of pesticides BT Corn Ahmad Lozi Grade 9 Biology Miss Tania 14/5/2015 Word count: 1273 words Around 5.05 billion dollars of pesticide ingredients were used in farming in the year 2001 worldwide (Toxipedia). A problem that most corn farmers face is the pest raid over corn crop fields that eventually damages the farmers’ efforts to grow the corn, therefore this directly affects the corn production of farmers, which is the reason most
Poor nutrition in early infancy leads to undernutrition. The reasons for poor nutrition are multifaceted and interventions against it .one of the case study shows child malnutrition and infant and young child feeding practice in Cambodia. Nutritional transition has consequences for several areas, including health environment, culture, society and economics. One major change regarding people health next