Genetically Modified Crops and Food Security

Genetically Modified Crops and Food Security

The role of genetically modified (GM) crops for food security is the subject of public controversy. GM crops could contribute to food production increases and higher food availability. There may also be impacts on food quality and nutrient composition. Finally, growing GM crops may influence farmers' income and thus their economic access to food. Smallholder farmers make up a large proportion o...

Genetically modified crops and food

Food Safety Assessment of Genetically Modified Crops

well known in rats fed similar diets, and that the sample size (six rats) was too small to draw any conclusions. Following the production of the first transgenic plants, health issues The report by Ewen and Pusztai (1999) was seized concerning the safety of using genetically modified (GM) crops in foods and feeds have been discussed, debated, and evaluated. The upon by anti-GM advocates to supp...

Genetically modified food from crops: progress, pawns, and possibilities

To most biochemist and chemists, and many farmers, the controversy over genetically modified (GM) food derived from crops seems puzzling. Why would anyone oppose GM food and animal feed (herein called GM food) produced using the tools of agricultural biotechnology? The answers behind this controversy are complicated and varied [1, 2]. The arguments against GM food range from the ethical and rel...

Food Security of Genetically Modified Foods

Food Security in the Twenty-First Century 1 The Challenge: Improving Agriculture in Developing Countries 2 Agricultural Biotechnology 2 Approaches in Biotechnology to Improve Farming 3 Resistance to Abiotic Stresses 3 Resistance to Biotic Stresses 4 Approaches in Biotechnology to Improve Health 4 Examples of Biofortified Crops 4 Biofortified Rice 4 Biofortified Maize and Cassava 5 Additional He...