Agriculture
G.M.O (genetically modified) Agriculture is probably one of the most controversial practices today. Although most agricultural produces today contain GMO's, many consider them harmful because of the lack of study in the Genetic Engineering field. But little do many know GMO's have not been proven to be harmful. In fact, many scientists believe that GMO's are usually more nutritious. Essentially, GMO's accelerate the revolution of organisms with more specific traits and less time compared to normal evolution which can take decades.
Current Crisis
genetic engineering will allow us to adapt to world hunger. Since the late 1970s our world’s population has almost doubled in size from 3.5 billion to 7.1 billion. The human population today is exponentially growing and with that it requires a greater food source that grows at the same speed. Genetic engineering provides a perfectly logical solution to our current world hunger crisis. If we do not act the crisis will only get worse.
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The world population of humans are expected to continually grow exponentially
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Bio-Fortification
Many people in our world today face the problem of malnutrition, which eventually causes defects, diseases or even death on the long run. People that do not get enough nutrients often are more prone to diseases. Also malnutrition is one of the main factors why many children today in third world countries do not grow or even develop learning disabilities. Genetic engineering can solve the problem of malnutrition. HKI has developed a new method to combat malnutrition in third world countries called biofortification by breeding missing nutrients into staple crops through selective reproduction and even through genetic engineering (Lynas). This is yet another feat that genetic engineering has presented us with in the last hundred years. The Helen Keller International’s mission statement on quote is “Our mission is to save the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged.”(HKI). Blindness today is most often caused by the lack of nutrition. The method of biofortification seeks to significantly improve the status of third world countries. The HKI plans to feed millions in Africa in order to prevent blindness in children. Currently the HKI’s methods are showing promise. Eventually biofortification will lead us to adjust to global starvation as it continues.