795 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life. There are a total of 7 billion people in the world, that means 1/9th of the people do not eat. A lot of people in some parts of southeast Asia, eastern Africa, Middle Africa, western Africa, middle east, and central Asia do not have as easy access to food as the people in the United States or Europe. They suffer from climate change, military conflicts, lack of planning for emergencies, corruption in the government, extreme weather like droughts, and AIDS. GMO’s could solve the problem of hunger because food is one of the three essential necessities you need to have to survive. Genetically modified foods also known as GMO’s or a transgenic organism are organisms …show more content…
whose genetic material has been fine tuned for genetic engineering, which is changing an organism's composition by artificial ways, involving the transfer of specific characteristics, or genes, from one organism into an animal or plant of an absolutely different species. GMOs are the main source of genetically modified foods and used in scientific research to provide new cleaner and easy to produce foods. GMO’s should be increased in production around the United States and the world.
They can provide many benefits to the world and can help slow down or completely stop items that have a low count of. In this speech I will try to discuss the important benefits that GMO’s can provide to the world and all the people in it, as well as touching on my opponent's point of view on this topic. People might disagree with my view on genetically modified foods by saying they can harm the environment, make antibiotics less effective, and are too expensive. All these problems may occur if the science in GMO’s get used incorrectly but if used correctly it could end world hunger. GMO’s might also cost more money but they have already been enhanced to have better texture, flavor, resistance to pests, and better value for everyone who consumes them. The Herbicide, insecticide, fertilizer, crop insurance, and rent all cost the same. Every day about 21,000 people die every day of hunger or hunger-related causes, according to the United Nations. This is one human being every four seconds, and out of those children die the most. Can you imagine waking and going to bed hungry, always knowing that you have a higher chance of dying than living to adulthood? About 1.1% of the world cannot get enough for food at all to feed themselves or their family. There are solutions to solve this problem, but one which can have a serious effect and possibly the fastest is genetically modified
foods. Lastly GMO’s can produce bigger yields to create more efficient use of land, while using less herbicides and other pesticides. Genetically modified foods, when first introduced in 1996, a huge selling point was the plants being able to kill common insect pests with the already built in toxin resulting in using less pesticide agents. These predictions became true, a study in USDA in 2006 about the pesticide in 1996 stated, "Overall pesticide use on corn, soybeans, and cotton declined by about 2.5 million pounds, despite the slight increase in the amount of herbicides applied to soybeans. In addition, glyphosate [Roundup] used on HT crops is less than one-third as toxic to humans, and not as likely to persist in the environment as the herbicides it replaces." Another study done 8 years ago in 2007 stated that 18% less pesticide was being used on farm fields. Biotechnology also benefits the environment. A Council for Agricultural Science and Technology report says biotech soy, corn and cotton have decreased soil erosion by 90 percent, preserving 37 million tons of topsoil. Biotech crops also provide a 70 percent reduction in herbicide runoff and an 85 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
Food is an essential part of everyday life without it one could not survive. Every day we make choices on what we put in to our bodies. There are countless varieties of food to choose from to meet the diverse tastes of the increasing population. Almost all food requires a label explaining the ingredients and the nutritional value allowing consumers to make informed decisions on what they are consuming. However, many may not be considering where that food is coming from or how it has been produced. Unfortunately, there is more to food than meets the eye. Since 1992, “ the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruled, based on woefully limited data, that genetically modified foods were ‘substantially equivalent’ to their non-GM counterparts” (Why to Support Labeling). GM food advocates have promised to create more nutritious food that will be able to grow in harsh climate conditions and eventually put an end to world hunger in anticipation of the growing population. There is very little evidence to support these claims and study after study has proven just the opposite. GM crops are not only unsafe to consume, but their growing practices are harmful to the environment, and multinational corporations are putting farmers out of business.
How many of you hear the words “genetically modified food” and immediately think “BAD”? How many of you scorn the idea that genetically modified foods are useful? How many of you have been manipulated by the media to think that all biotechnology is evil? Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are organisms that have been genetically spliced to achieve a certain trait. As the demand for a larger food supply is increasing due to population growth, the benefits that GMO foods provide are being hailed as the only solution to the food crisis. However, many people are making inadequately informed decisions, and are pushing them to the back shelf. I will inform you on why genetically modified organisms may be the only way to a stable, safe future for the less fortunate.
To sum up, We could cut down on how much foods have GM. We Should make more food with no GMO so we can all be healthy. We could also make more job for farming. This is the reasons I do not like GMO. I hope you enjoyed reading this
Genetically modified food’s, or GMOs, goal is to feed the world's malnourished and undernourished population. Exploring the positive side to GMOs paints a wondrous picture for our planet’s future, although careful steps must be taken to ensure that destruction of our ecosystems do not occur. When GMOs were first introduced into the consumer market they claimed that they would help eliminate the world’s food crisis by providing plants that produced more and were resistant to elemental impacts like droughts and bacterial contaminants, however, production isn’t the only cause for the world’s food crisis. Which is a cause for concern because the population on the earth is growing and our land and ways of agriculture will not be enough to feed everyone sufficiently. No simple solutions can be found or applied when there are so many lives involved. Those who are hungry and those who are over fed, alike, have to consider the consequences of Genetically Modified Organisms. Food should not be treated like a commodity it is a human necessity on the most basic of levels. When egos, hidden agendas, and personal gains are folded into people's food sources no one wins. As in many things of life, there is no true right way or wrong way to handle either of the arguments and so many factors are involved that a ‘simple’ solution is simply not an option.
Did you know that in the U.S. more than 5 trillion dollars are spent on GMO foods while only 550 billion account for non-GMO.These numbers have a huge number gap why might that be?Here’s another one,Have you ever sat in a restaurant and ate food and wonder what you were eating?,well lots of other people have too or maybe you have questions like what kind of meat is this, is this real chicken? Or is this real beef ? why doesn't my food taste like this when I cook it,maybe the food you cook has more of a rough acrimonious,than the food at the restaurant? Many didn't restaurants will tell you it's the difference in seasoning or your still dilettante or the difference in meat that you buy but the truth can be shocking.Many different restaurants
Did you know the food that you could be eating right now can be harmful to you? The food that you eat daily can contain GMOs that can contain things that can cause you to have allergies and even cause you to get cancer sometimes. GM crops can be harmful and dangerous for you. Another reason why GM crops are inadequate is because it can decrease biodiversity of plants and crops, and it can destroy rare species of plants. It can harm organisms that you might not mean to kill. Some people may say that GM crops can stop world hunger. IT WILL NOT! Research shows that some GM crops can not meet the nutritional needs of a human being. It will also not help solve world hunger because some GM crops need many resources to be able for them to produce into healthy crops and poor farmers don’t have much resources.
The benefits of GMOs do not outweigh the risks that they impose. Some people may say that GMOs save farmers money on crops however; the cost of GMO seeds has tripled since we started using them in the 90s. This defeats one of the main purposes of GMOs. The only people who are benefiting from GMOs are the companies who are ma...
Less land and herbicides are needed to grow, resulting in huge benefits for the environment, consumers, and growers. Our world needs GMOs.
The term GM foods or GMO (genetically-modified organisms) is most commonly used to refer to crop plants created for human or animal consumption using the latest molecular biology techniques (Whitman, 2000). These plants have been modified in the laboratory to offer desired traits such as increased resistance to herbicides or improved nutritional content. Also, genetic engineering techniques have been applied to create plants with the exact desired trait very rapidly and accurately. For example, this is done by the geneticist isolating the gene responsible for drought tolerance and inserts it into another plant. The new genetically-modified plant will now have gained drought tolerance as well.
The current use of technology for GMOs is very useful. Less pesticide is needed to be used for insect pest resistant plants. Technology cuts down on the time it takes to grow a crop. Technology can produce more food for less work and less money. “GM crops are frequently perceived as a ‘technological fix’, proposed by those who fail to address the underlying causes of hunger and poverty, which really require economic, political and social change” (Nuffield Bioethics 29).
We live in a world that is constantly changing and advancing thanks to technological advancements, especially in the field of molecular genetics. Today, we are discovering and implementing new ways to overcome the ill-fated symptoms developed as a result from poor health or accidents. We are also making advancements in the field of agriculture thanks to molecular genetics. As we all know, food is an essential entity in our lives and is abundant as well as relatively easy to obtain here in the United States. However, as good as it may sound, this is not necessarily true for developing countries. Many people in developing countries receive very little food, if any, due to its scarcity. It is estimated that in Asia alone, close to 800 million people go to bed hungry every night due to food shortage. This problem can be alleviated by turning to the production of genetically modified organisms (a.k.a. GMOs).
Advocates claim that the world may benefit greatly from the production and consumption of GM foods, especially those countries with high rates of poverty and starvation. Experts insist that the GM products will put an end to world hunger. It is estimated that the world population will grow up to 9 billion people in 2050, and a good alternative to feed them is the GM products. Nowadays, in almost all African countries people are dying because of hunger and hunger-related diseases. The estimate of life expectation in these countries is fifty seven years old, and it will decrease to forty seven in 2020 (kwengwere 2-3). The governments of these countries are battling to put a stop to this unfair situation. Experts have said that the best alternative is the implementation of GM cultures in Africa; it will reduce the deaths, increase the life expectations and nourish the whole continent (Forsberg 1). The future of Africa is uncertain, but it is sure to depend on the hands of GM p...
Genetically modified (GM) foods have become omnipresent over the past decade. They are a technological breakthrough that allows humans to manipulate and add foreign genes to crops to enhance desired traits, but they have also evolved into a controversial issue, especially for Third World countries. Some people believe that GM foods not only provide larger yields to feed hungry citizens in Third World countries, but they can also be a source of great nutritional value. For example, researchers have developed a strain of golden rice containing high amounts of vitamin A and numerous other vitamins and minerals. Additionally, GM crops are laced with herbicides and pesticides, and therefore reduce the need for chemical consumption. Opponents of GM foods claim that they pose a threat to the health of consumers and that these crops could eventually cross-pollinate in an unregulated fashion or lead to the growth of superweeds and superbugs resistant to the herbicides and pesticides woven into the genetic fiber of the crops. Developed nations should promote research and monitoring from an ethical point of view and financial assistance through philanthropic ventures in order to limit environmental and health risks. They should also make sure that limited cultural displacement will result from the introduction of GM crops and that instead, a better livelihood and well-being through collaboration will emerge. Hence, GM crops should be introduced only provided that the developed nations assume the ethical and financial responsibilities for the environmental, health, and social consequences that attend this new innovation.
Without adjustments or changes to what we knew as the normal, our country would not be where it is at. In order to create something greater than what there is, we should be willing to take risks. Sure, there will be adjustments and accommodations to be made, but that part of accepting change. With time comes growth, and with growth comes innovations. If past generations would have been scared of the unknown, we would still be stuck in the old age. Lately, a very delicate technique has been a topic of deliberation. That procedure goes by the name of genetic engineering or genetic modification, and it is a technique that can be used to improve the health and lives of many around the world. I believe that Genetic Engineering, if used for the right purpose, is a good thing.
Famine has been an essential issue in the human world for years. Nations with famine cannot produce enough food to feed its people, and many of them starved to death. However, with the most recent advancement in the agricultural industry, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) or otherwise known as Agricultural Biotechnology, the number of countries who have famine may be decrease, and the dilemma of famine may disappear. According to video #4, “Genetically Modified Foods, GMO is an organism whose genetic characteristics have been altered by the insertion of a modified gene or a gene from another organism using the techniques of genetic engineering. One may say that agricultural biotechnology is a great way to reduce famine because genetically modified crops can be grown to produce more food than crops that was not genetically engineered.