Populations 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 Advantages and Disadvantages of this approach.

There is a view that due to the swift increase in

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opulation of developing countries, measures should be taken to implement more usage of Genetically engineered crops to cope up with the demand

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food.

This

essay will discuss both the benefits and drawbacks that result from

such

an approach.

To begin

with the positives, a crucial advantage that Genetically modified crops have is they can be manipulated in a way to increase the nutritional value of food.

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is done by

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incorporating

genes for certain essential proteins

such

as leucine and lysine.

As a result

, protein

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deficiency

diesease

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disease

like Kwashiokar and Marasmus can be mitigated.

Furthermore

, these crops can be cultivated in arid conditions.

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can be achieved by producing

drought resistant

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seeds which in turn can maintain a steady flow in the production of food grains

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particularly

in countries affected by drought.

Nevertheless

,

this

method does present some problems, the most obvious being the that any slight mishap in the engineering of these crops can cause adverse effects to the individual consuming them.

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because

the process consists of a step where the traits of the natural DNA is replaced by

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different

ones which is a

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complicated

procedure. Another significant disadvantage is that the use of these seeds can be restricted to the farmers as it will be owned probably by Corporate companies by the means of a patent.

This

in turn will increase the already high debt of the farmers and cause complications in the economy. In conclusion,

Although

GM crops can be beneficial in terms of

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nutritional value and during

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amine, it is important to consider the effects on human health and the consequences for farmers.