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The Awareness of GMOs
What are GMOS
What Are GMOs
GMO ( genetically modified organism ):
living beings that have had their genetic code changed in some way.
Soybeans
Examples
Corn
Examples
Cotton
Examples
Canola
Examples
Sugar Beats
Examples
Environmental Advantage
The Environmental consequences
Farmers and agriculture companies use GMOs for three specific reasons:
- Insects / pests
- Weather
- Weeds
Causes:, less oil erosion and less pesticide application
Environmental Negatives
- GMO crop technology can result in the foster of herbicide resistant weeds
- Release of new toxins
Environmental
Disadvantage
Modifications: benefits
The Modifications
Nutrition: Improvement in food & crop oil content to improve cardiovascular health. While developing nutrition profiles
Mycotoxins: Producing foods free of toxins such as mycotoxins
Conservation tillage: redcing tillage since it helps because tilling is not good at stopping weeds while creating soil erosion and runoff
The Health Significance
- The change in genetic content can create allergic response, undesiresed side effects such as toxicity or organ damage
The Health significance
The lens of the Economic consequences
- Adopting GMOs into seed markets could lead to farmer dependence on corporations controlling the price and supply of seeds.
- cost of switching from traditional to genetically modified seeds could also lead to increased inequality among farmers, as poorer smallholders will be left behind by their competitors.
Who benefits
Agricultrural companies
Some Issues
Economic benefits at the farm level: amounted to $18.8 billion in 2012 and $116.6 billion for the 17-year period (in nominal terms).