Disadvantages Of GM Crops

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Advantages of GM crops
Food Security
Despite our many developments in science and farming, famine, hunger and starvation are still problems. The World Hunger Education Service (WHES) accounts that the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (1) estimates that
In 2010-2012, 1 in 8, or 870 million people in the world are undernourished, 852 million, or almost all of the undernourished live in developing countries and half of the 10.9 million yearly child deaths can be attributed to poor nutrition.
Genetic modification improves the nutritional content of food and therefore serves as a key point in reducing global rates of malnutrition. For example, golden rice is increased with beta-carotene and provides a dose of vitamin A, a nutrient lacking in many diets around the world. Vitamin A …show more content…

Genetically modified crops are more reliable and thus use less agricultural inputs to get the same amount of food. From 1996-2012, without GM crops the world would have needed 123 million more hectares of land for equivalent crop production. GM technology reduced pesticide use by 8.9% in the period from 1996- 2011. Because genetically modified crops need less ploughing and chemical usage, GM technology can reduce fossil fuel and CO2 emissions. Genetic engineering can then help to eliminate the effects of agriculture on the environment. Farming accounted for 24 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2010 and 70 percent of freshwater use. Additionally, scientists are developing GM crops that are resistant to flood, famine, and cold, which advances agricultural resistance to climate change. GM crops also agree for greater use of no-till cultivation, which helps with carbon sequestration, soil erosion prevention and better soil

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