Wednesday, June 5, 2013

GMO increase yield of crop and help everyone in the process !

GMO's are inserted into crops in order to protect it from certain bugs, weeds, and weather. By implainting these gmo's into the crops, we are doing just that. In my previous post i said that GMO's can be harmful, BUT there is no actual evidence that they truly are as harmful as people have made out to say. With all this said, the use of GMO help to benefit not only farmers by increase the amount of yield of crop that the grow and have to sell, but also the consumers due to the fact that things like mangoes are now being put out in grocery stores in the winter to be sold. GMO products are very highly regulated and thoroughly tested before they are released to farmers to raise as a crop giving consumers the benefit that they safe to consume. They have helped reduce the amount of inputs that farmers use in the production of those crops. Having a crop with built-in insect and herbicide resistance means fewer herbicides or insecticides are needed, thereby reducing the amount of crop protection products that are applied to the crops. Also, some of the emerging varieties are drought resistant, meaning they can grow with less water and still produce. Others contain oil improvements, meaning the crop produces healthier vegetable oils for consumers all over the world. This will be a big help in producing more crops to feed an ever growing world population. We have seen crop production increase on less land because of these GMO's on less land. We are able to raise more and cheaper crops to keep food prices down for everyone.

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