Population in developing nations are rapidly growing, people now believe that we should turn to GM crops to increase the production of food grains. Discuss the advantage and disadvantages of this approach.

Many people believe that we need to adopt Genetically Modified crops to fulfil the growing need for
food
grains as the population has been increasing at an alarming rate in developing countries.
This
essay will discuss both the viewpoints in detail. On the one hand, turning towards GM crops seems to be the only way to fulfil the growing
food
grain requirement. To illustrate, agriculture land is decreasing as new roads and residential colonies are being built to accommodate people in progressing economies.
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, as per a recent “The HIND” newspaper report, the population of Punjab has increased
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approximately 50
percent
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ast 30 years, while agriculture land has reduced 20
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during
this
period.
This
data is shocking and alarming as well as more
food
grain is required now.
Thus
, people are adopting
this
new practice.
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primary drawback of GM crops is that, though GM crops satisfy
food
requirement of society but are unable to fill the nourishment needs of an individual as the composition of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients are reduced due to the excessive use of chemicals and fertilizer in
such
crops
as a result
food
lose its basic taste as well as quality.
For instance
, many people these days are facing vitamins and minerals deficiency due to the consumption of
such
food
. In nutshell, the pro of turning towards GM crops is, it satisfies the
food
requirements of increased population, which
otherwise
is a challenging situation whereas the main cons are that it lacks nourishment and with the regular uses of
food
developed through GM practices, the immune system of a person will be compromised .
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