An Effective Way to Reduce Hunger - Gm Crops

Despite great deal of controversy around, the undeniable fact shows that GM crops have positively affected the situation of worldwide hunger. Consequently, more constructive usages should be developed, the same way people did when a new technique appeared.

However, just like those shocking inventions during mankind history, there actually have been few negative cases. After spreading by medium, an opinion argues that GM crops are unsafe have been accepted widely. This is because of common ignorance. Medieval people used to think electricity is a punishment from heaven, they were scared and so are those who know GM skills little. An essay of FFTC claimed:

(The FAQ, WHO and OCED) have recommended science-based safety assessment strategies for food and food additives produced by genetic engineering. Such strategies have been adopted by various countries, including Australia, Canada, EC countries, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, and the USA.( Ensuring the Safety of Genetically Modified Food Crops

, 2003-08-01)

The graph below shows that various countries increased the planting of GM foods, both developing and industrial:

(Global Status of Commercialized Transgenic Crops: 2002, November 27, 2002)

The figures proved that during 1996 to 2002, GM crops have benefited the whole world.

With limited experience in GM crops, workers and scientists merely found insufficient advantages that they can bring, the report from Matin Qaim and David Zilberman concluded (Yield Effects of Genetically Modified Crops in Developing

Countries, 7 February 2003). That's why more development of GM crops should be done wisely in order to bring the world more benefits in economy and technology.

Referencing List:

1. [Online] http://www.agnet.org/library/eb/528b/

Ensuring the Safety of Genetically Modified Food Crops

, Dolores A. Ramirez and Evelyn Mae Tecson-Mendoza, 2003-08-01

2. [Online] http://bionews.i.hosei.ac.jp/web/2004/aoki/ISAAA%20PREVIEW2002.pdf

Global Status of Commercialized Transgenic Crops: 2002, Clive James

Chair, ISAAA Board of Directors, November 27, 2002

3. [Online] http://www.nslc.wustl.edu/courses/Bio4213/05/quaim.pdf