The rapid adoption of Genetically Modified Foods is driven by profitability expectations and the huge amount of food that is produced. This being said, farmers were the first to be targeted by large industries. Current genetic engineering techniques argue that they lower pesticide usage and has increased crop yields, making it profitable for farmers. Genetically Modified Foods make up most of the everyday food we buy and eat. For example, in August 2003 when Zambia cut off the flow of Genetically Modified Food, this left a famine-stricken population without any food aid. |  |
Because most of our foods are genetically modified, it would be quite hard to ban GM foods from the country without having an effect on the population.
Since 40 percent of the world's food crop is lost every year to diseases, insects and spoilage, we can prevent this from happening with biotechnology. It is shown that genetically modified crops require less water and pesticides during their growth season, resulting in vegetation with improved nutritional content and beneficiaries.
Genetically Modified Food has brought us so far in reducing world hunger, water usage and pesticide treatments, etc. There are side effects to these GM foods, but over time with the advances in technology, we will be able to figure out the most efficient ways to genetically modify food that will benifit everyone.
