ADVANTAGES OF GM FOODS World population is increasing day by day which implies scarcity of food will be the major challenge that the world will be facing in the future. Genetically modified foods can meet this rising need. 1)STRONG GROWTH: GMO is typically designed to have a faster growth. It can be grown in any harsh environment; each seed is improved to be stronger and can withstand herbicides and pesticides. In return, farmers can get a better crop yield at the end of the season. 2)NUTRITIONAL CONTENT: The nutritional content of the crops can also be altered providing a denser nutritional profile comparing to the previous generation of that crop. The UN food and agriculture organization has mentioned that rice has been modified to give higher value of vitamin A and it had helped to reduce global vitamin deficiencies. 3)SUSTAINABILITY: Gm foods gives us a constant and efficient ways to feed the growing population in the world. This is the main goal of the genetically modified crops. 4)RESISTANCE TO DISEASE: Most important modification done to the crops is the disease resistance ability. Scientists have genetically restructured the DNA to withstand diseases. This helps to keep the price low for the customers. Due to high resistance, the use of …show more content…
This is because the better trait is produced by engineering genes which results in favoring one organism. Genetically modified organism can interrupt the natural process of the gene flow. A possible issue with the modified crop genes ending up in the soil which can produce new strands that can eventually attack the plant species and producing a new strand. Genes from the GM crops can spread to organic farm crops threating the diversity in agriculture. Due to cross pollination to non-gm plants, new hybrid strains are created. The artificial strand that comes from GM crops can potentially decrease the bio