Genetically Modified Foods And Its Impact On The Agricultural Industry Worldwide

With numerous developments plaguing agricultural production, the implementation of Genetically Modified Organisms, commonly referred to as GMOs, is best suited to be used in food manufacturing. It is estimated that by the year 2050, global food production must increase by seventy percent. However with current practices in place and the limited expansion of farmland due to urbanization, such production rates are nearly impossible to achieve. The use of Genetically Modified Organisms seems to be among the only feasible options to rapidly increase food production and thus aid in this crisis which plagues even though most developed countries, such as the United States. Specifically in the United States, the use of Genetically Modified Organism

Currently over 7 billion people inhabit the earth, current estimates are that the world’s population could be as high as 10 billion by 2050. (Cleland, 553) In order to maintain a sufficient healthy food supply for a population of that size, the farming industry must continue to rely on scientific discoveries to raise crop output levels and raise nutritional values of that production. Beyond the discoveries that have already been made in the genetic altering of food supplies through mixed breeding of similar species. The next plateau will be the reliance on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to provide required crop supplies. Therefore, genetic modification of the world’s food supply is a sustainable effort to allow the human race to continue to support the ever-growing world population.

In recent years, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have made a significant change in our diet with the introduction of genetically altered foods, which have essentially affected human health as well as local communities. Anthropologists tells us that homo sapiens were hunter gatherers. Their “evolved behaviors helped them respond to the challenges of survival in unstable environments shifting them to live an agricultural lifestyle” (Homo Sapiens. Smithsonian ). Over the millennia, agriculture has made a huge gain in efforts to serve human preferences by domesticating crops and animals to improve production and make them resistant to diseases and pests. Genetic modification evolutionized domesticated crop plants in each crop generation. During this time, agriculture began to arise through applications of modern scientific breeding. Crop plants were the center of seminal research in genetics and scientist main focus. (Cereal Foods World 2007).

The modern world has countless dilemmas. While we as Americans live in a society of comfort and satiability, numerous human beings all over the world are faced with issues of hunger, disease, lack of housing, and other issues associated with poverty (i.e. lack of basic necessities). Most of these issues can be solved through the introduction of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. GMOs are any organisms which have had their genome altered through the process of genetic modification. The liable solution mentioned previously presents itself through a subgroup of GMOs known as GMFs, or genetically modified foods. GMFs may provide solutions to these global dilemmas, and in the process, become of extreme importance for future research and development.

Food is a vital component to life and unfortunately not everyone has access to it. This is a serious world issue that is true and sad. People all over the world are suffering from starvation and malnutrition. People, including children and families, have to worry when their next meal is and worry whether insects have feasted on their meal. Furthermore, they have to worry about the rain and whether or not it is ever going to come and water their crops. Children and families have to be constantly worried about their next meal. However, despite all this, there can be a solution to this tragedy and that solution is genetically engineered foods or GMOs. GMOs, or in other words, genetically modified organisms have give many advantages to the

Genetically modified foods have been the most recent breakthrough in the fight involving hunger. Genetically Modified foods(GMO) can be defined as organisms (i.e. plants, animals or microorganisms) in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating and/or natural recombination. GMOs give us the ability to recreate a plant's genome and allow for manipulation in the genes that will provide rapid growth or defensive properties that will protect the crop. Although GMOs can provide us with many beneficial aspects, we still do not fully understand the deleterious affects of consuming genetically modified food.

Today in American society, most of the general public does not know enough about genetically modified foods and needs to be informed on them more. Genetically modified foods, also known as “GM foods”, “GMOs”, or “GM crops”, are foods produced from organisms that have changes in their DNA to introduce a new trait that is beneficial to the consumer, organism, or environment. These changes can include the introduction of beta-carotene, which is a chemical compound related to vitamin A, the introduction of the trait of being able to have an increase tolerance in herbicides, being able to resist certain diseases, and many more valuable traits and abilities. These foods are vital to humanity because they might become the main source of food for us

Hunger is currently one of the world’s most widespread crises, affecting millions of people. In every single country of the world, there are people that go to bed without food on a regular basis, and many that end up dying of starvation. One way that the eradication of hunger has been attempted is by increasing the amount of food in the world, so that there is enough to go around. Scientists have tried to do this by creating new species of crops, using genetic engineering. Though genetically modified foods were originally created to improve agriculture, their negative effects greatly outweigh their positive ones.

The world today is plagued by famine and a shortage of tillable land. Millions worldwide are needlessly starving or suffering from severe malnutrition. Science has come forward and offered a solution to these problems with the development of genetically modified foods that promise to give us more food with enhanced nutritional value, but at what cost? Do the benefits of genetically modified foods outweigh the risks, and can we trust the government to report any adverse effects to the public in an accurate and timely manner? These issues all need explored before the public will openly embrace the concept of science genetically engineering the food supply.

By 2050, the world’s population is expected to exceed over 9 billion people, and the existing amount of usable land is expected to decrease significantly due to climate changes and urbanization. The projected rise in population and food consumption per person, particularly in countries like China and India, make efficient land use a necessary solution for long term plans. According to USDA, a 10% change to a genetically modified herbicide tolerant crop would yield around 1.7% increase in productivity. Biotechnology companies are confident that such crops will most definitely improve the live hood of farmers around the world. What exactly are Genetically modified crops? People always wonder about the effects of genetically modified foods. GMO is food that contains foreign genes from other organisms in its genetic code and its purpose is to speed up the process of selective breeding and introduce new nutrients and vitamins to enrich foods. The process of genetic engineering began in 1994 and since then has been used primarily on cash crops with high demand such as soybean, corn and canola. Most scientists believe that GMOs are not only safe but also beneficial due to the positive effect on many world economies, the environmental benefits, the improvement in nutritional values and the fact that there is no proof of harmful effects.

In the world today, we have nearly 925 million people that are malnourished or even starving to a point of near death according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (How close are we to #ZeroHunger?). With our world population rapidly growing, the amount of food needed to feed everyone in this world is almost impossible now but eventually, there will be too many people to feed everyone with normal crops. Genetically Modified Crops (Gmo’s), could be the solution to a lot of the world’s high food demand. When using Gmo’s, any given plant has the ability to have: better yields, pesticide resistant, no seeds, and many more great features. Gmo’s make every seed that we put into the ground more valuable with more of a future outcome. Not

Genetically modified organisms, commonly known as GMOs, have been around since the early 1990’s. Genetically modified crops are engineered to be drought, bug, and pest tolerant. Genetically modified (GM) crops are also made to increase yields and to have many other positive attributes for the farmer. (“Introduction”). GM crops and foods have not been proven to be harmful to people 's health in any way. GMOs, which aren’t harmful to people’s health, are beneficial to the environment and society because they can increase food production and keep the cost of produce affordable.

Although, critics take on GMO’s is highly skeptical, the future of genetically engineered crops offer promising benefits to the agricultural industry and food markets of the world. This paper presents arguments and provides research evidence to support the claim that GMO’s can lead to higher production of high quality crops safe for human and animal consumption. GE food will be the key to solving the world food crisis in the future.

With a growing population, feeding the world is a rising concern for global leaders and must be addressed and handled soon. As with any large issue, people turn to science to solve the problem and some members of the scientific community have concluded that genetically modified foodstuffs are the solution. Since the 1990s, scientists have been perfecting biotechnology and genetics. With this advancement in knowledge came genetically modified organisms (GMOs). GMOs take a favorable trait from one organism and attach it to the DNA of another to make it more nutritious or less susceptible to things such as pesticides or insects. While all of these things sound like a good idea on the surface, one must ask if enough has been done to ensure the safety of those who consume such products. While genetically modified foods have the potential to solve the growing hunger crisis in the world, they are not ready to take on that role. They are understudied and without proper testing, there are too many unknowns to allow them to be a viable course for the future.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the world population is expected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050. That’s two billion extra mouths to feed. If we want to avoid mass malnutrition, farmers will have to increase food production by 70% by 2050 (Isaacson 2015). Unfortunately, agriculture is already putting a strain on our limited natural resources. Humanity, thus, has a dilemma to solve: how do we feed the growing human population without depleting the natural resources and destroying the environment? The answer: genetically modified crops. Since its conception, genetic modification (GM) technology has rapidly advanced, and now scientists can breed super crops that are resistant to pests, diseases, and