One of the most important issues facing the world today is a shortage of food and some think genetically modified food is a possible solution. To what extent do you agree or disagree?.

The world population has increased exponentially in these years and the problem of
food
shortages is slowly arising.
While
some people
says
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that genetically modifying
food
might be the solution.
This
essay agrees with the suggestion because it helps with global starvation.
Firstly
,
a genetically modified
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genetically modified crops
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crops
will grow significantly faster than normal
crops
.
Crops
that have their genes altered to be harvested quicker than typical
crops
will be able to meet the consumption rate of that
crops
solving
lack
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of
food
.
For example
, a normal potato
plant
takes 60 days to be harvestable
while
a genetically altered potato
plant
will be ready to harvest in 30 days which is able to provide twice the amount of potatoes compared to
non genetically
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non-genetically
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altered potato
plant
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plants
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.
Secondly
, a
plant
can be genetically modified to be disaster
resistance
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such
as drought. There are times
where
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the yield
are
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lowered
due to
natural disasters causing that
food
to be
on
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in
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the deficit supply.
For instance
, spinach was planned to harvest in a
month
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time,
however
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drought hits and most spinach
whithered
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was whithered
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making the yield 80
percent
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per cent
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lower than usual. In conclusion,
although
genetically modified
food
sounds dangerous and not natural, these are the best way to have enough
food
flow in the world.
Therefore
, plants that are designed to resist
unforseen
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unforeseen
disaster and
yeild
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yield
more
food
is one of the best
solution
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solutions
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to
food
shortages.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • shortage
  • genetically modified
  • crop yields
  • wastage
  • resistant
  • pests
  • diseases
  • potential health risks
  • biodiversity
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