Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are living organisms whose genomes have been altered through genetic engineering techniques. The purpose is usually to combine beneficial genes from different organisms to create a single organism for consumption or agriculture. GMOs in agriculture have potential benefits like making crops more resistant to unfavorable conditions and pests, allowing for higher yields with less water and fertilizer. They can also increase nutritional values by introducing vitamins and minerals to crops that normally lack them. The benefits of GMOs include increased resistance to insects and diseases, reducing chemical usage and pollution while protecting crops, and improving crop yields and farming profitability.

1. I am PRO with GMO’s… Presented by: Beijay N. Bautista

2. Genetical Modified Organisms are living organisms that have been altered through genetic engineering. The purpose of creating GMO’s is usually to combine beneficial genes of different organisms in a single organisms often for the purpose of consumption as a food source. Using GMO’s in agriculture has many potential benefits. Genetically modified foods are produced from genetically modified organisms which have had there genome altered through genetic engineering techniques. The genes of plants can be modified to make them more resistance unfavorable growing conditions and also to produce higher yields with the use of lesser fertilizers and water. Involving GMO’s which are potential environmental hazards.

3. Examples of this GM food are; soybeans, corn, canola, and cotton seed oil. One of the most important benefits of GMO’s is their potential for adding to the healthiness and natural resistance to insect infestation and plants diseases. For instance, certain strain of corn might produce a large amount of food tonnage, but this susceptible to insects, while another might repel the insects but produce a low amount of raw food tonnage. If the insect resistance of the lower yield plants were combined with higher yield plants, a new GMO could be made that provides a large amount of food and resistance to insects. Another benefits of increased plant resistance is that it has the potential to reduce the amount of chemical used on plants to protect against insects and disease, which can reduce pollution introduces to the environment.

4. Some plants are susceptible to being overrun or choked out by weeds that compete for the same nutrients. Another benefits of GMO’s is the potential to increase the chemical resistance of food crops, allowing herbicides to be use that will harm any weed, while leaving the desirable crops relatively unaffected. This, in turn, can increase crop yield. GMO’s are specially important for developing countries where simple nutrition is of at most concern. GMO’s provides potential for increasing a nutritional values of plants. For example, a region might rely heavily on a certain crop such as rice or corn, which may not have all the various vitamins and minerals necessary for proper nutrition. A plant that normally offers little or low vitamin A might be combined with the genes of another plant is high in vitamin A. GMO’s can introduce new sources of essential nutrients which can fight health problems cause by nutrient deficiencies. The benefits of GMO’s can have an additional affects of increasing the profitability of farming. Having plants that are better able to resist various maladies can increase crop yields while reducing the amount of money spent on efforts to protect the plants.

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