GMOs:
Socioeconomic
Considerations
António Caldeira - Diana Castro - Joana André
Leonor Quaresma - Sara Brandão
Summary
Socio-economic implications
Follower Growth
GOOD or
BAD?
- Dependency on producers of GMO seeds;
- Ineffectiveness of GMO’s.
CONS
INSIGHT
Socio-economic benefits refer to benefits offered to a community as a whole through the use of GM crops, and can include long-term impacts on the prevailing economic conditions, on levels of education, on the family unit or on employment levels.
- Less land for more food
- Increase in food supply
- Larger profit for farmers
- Nutritional value of food
- Protection of crops in developing countries
- Positive environmental impact
- Improvement of durability of vegetables
PROS
Nutritional value
of food
illnesses (human or animal) proven as
a result of consuming GM food
Positive
environmental impact
Let's play a
game!
GAME
TIME
First, form teams
of five and
wait for instructions.
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RULES
Form a
circle
with 1 person in the centre
RULES
2
The person in the
centre
will be blindfolded
RULES
3
The person in the
centre
will choose someone to answer a question by pointing at this person
RULES
4
If that person gives the WRONG answer,
he/she will be excluded, and the one in the centre will choose someone else.
5
IF that person gives the RIGHT answer,
he/she will go into the centre and be blindfolded...
RULES
6
The survivors will win a prize!
RULES