Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Information About Gmos In Agriculture

By Elizabeth Williams


The number of people is increasing each and every day leading to individuals fighting for the available resources. The poor countries face the problem of lack of food as a result of this. Scholars and researchers have however established the genetically modified organisms. These constitute mainly of plants and living organisms which the composition of their genetic factor has been changed so that some good desired characters can develop from them. Following is info regarding gmos in agriculture.

One of the desired characters about these plants and animals is the ability to grow faster. They are able to reach maturity age quicker as compared to the normal ones. In the case of plants, this means they will yield quickly thus increasing the food available. Animals will also become big quickly thus able to sustain the needs of the people. Each and every one will be well sustained in terms of what to eat and those in business will have enough to sell.

These organisms are able to fight back certain diseases and are also able to hold back even when the conditions of the climate are not favorable. At the times of famine, these creatures are able to tolerant and they do not die. Certain illnesses which may have brought death are well fought against by these plants and animals. This makes it possible to have a good supply of food at any time.

The herbicides usually have zero effect on the plant species which have been modified. They only affect the growing weed which is of no use to the farmer. This makes farming easier as there is easy regulation of what is growing on the field. Through this, the stock of what is harvested increases rapidly.

These altered organisms are sold commercially in markets worldwide. This makes them available to almost each and every one at an affordable price. Some of them such as the soya beans have high nutrient contents as compared to the other ordinary ones.

The environment is highly destroyed if these organisms are not put into use correctly and with a lot of measures. This mainly occurs as a result of escapees from which they interact with the normal creatures thus causing manipulation to their gene sequence arrangement. This calls for proper management and ways on how to regulate these organisms should be put into place.

If people also take in these altered foods they also pose a danger of being infected. Some people are hypersensitive to these foods and can cause certain body reactions if consumed. There is also transferring of undesirable genes to peoples body which eventually led to mutation. This type of food should be put into examination before they are made available to people for eating. Some rules and regulations should be put aside in order to test these foods before they are sold.

The problem of food shortage can be eliminated by using the genetically modified organisms. They should however be put into use through good and conducive methods which do not cause harm to people or the environment. Through this high quality yields which will sustain each and every one will be made available. The government will also earn some income through this. Farmers also get to earn a living through making their sales and they may also employ other people to work on their farms.




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