GMOs in developing countries
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Genetically Modified Organisms and the Developing World examines the impacts and policy issues surrounding GMOs in developing countries. GMOs are crops modified to improve production and nutrition through traits like increased yields, disease resistance, and nutrition. Benefits include more food availability through higher yields, but issues include different regulatory policies between countries and whether developing nations should determine their own GMO policies. Ethical questions also arise around paternalism and individual rights regarding access to these technologies.
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Abstract
For thousands of years people have developed plants and animals with the characteristics they want by selectively breeding the best plants and animals. The need for using genetically modified organisms is simply defined as sheer volume of consumers. In order to feed and provide other non-food products to individuals, current ingredients had to be altered to be able to fit the growing needs of the country. Genetic modification has a variety of uses pure science, research, medicine, food production, agricultural innovation. Genes work by coding instructions for making proteins and proteins are the chemicals that have a strong influence on biological functions.
GMO technology finds itself an enduring part of society, history and people. This is true because of the technology’s ability to integrate itself with wild populations and even contaminate conventional crops, well beyond the decision for farmers to halt the planting of GM crops. There will be a decrease in the products derived from GMOs. Companies who use the GMO products like wheat will offer organic brands. They will also find different suppliers of the grains and vegetables to ensure the products are made and cultivated naturally. More and more companies will be looking for the alternate ways for consumers to buy their products, therefore replacing the GMO ingredients will be a necessity. This is could be even further enforced in the labeling legislation ratified. This circumstance is certainly not just limited to the United States consumers who purchase the goods. This also affects international trade a ...
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GMOs in developing countries
- 1. Genetically Modified Organisms and the Developing World a look at policy and the impacts of the developed world http://www.scu.edu/sts/Biotech/images/GMO-CORN.bmp
- 2. What are GMOs? Crops that are modified in certain ways to improve production and/or nutrition Modifications include: Disease resistance Environmental tolerance Increased yields nutrition http://redgreenandblue.org/files/2008/11/cornfield.jpg
- 3. Benefits Increased yields from GMOs would allow more food to the poor and hungry Increased yields from GMOs would allow more food for trade opportunities http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/odds_and_oddities/assets/starving-boy.jpg
- 4. Issues The willingness of developed countries to accept GMOs in trade Different regulation policies US vs. EU http://www.gmfreeireland.org/gifs/GM-freeEU2.gif
- 5. Issues The willingness of developed countries to allow developing countries to have GMOs for food purposes “gene escape” May cause a greater hunger problem than currently exists
- 6. Ethical Issues Paternalism- should the developed world be making GMO decisions for developing world Rights- do individuals in the developing world have a right to these technologies as a right to eat and live Non-malfeasance- if developed world caused food issues in the first place, do they owe it to the countries to provide the technology
- 7. Works Cited Chetty, L., and C. D. Viljoen. "GM biotechnology: friend and foe?" South African Journal of Science 103 (2007): 269-70. Falkner, R., and A. Gupta. "The limits of regulatory convergence: globalization and GMO politics in the south." INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS-POLITICS LAW AND ECONOMICS 9 (2009): 113-33. Herring, Ronald J. "Science and society - Opposition to transgenic technologies: ideology, interests and collective action frames." Nature Reviews Genetics 9 (2008): 458-63. Xue, DY, and C. Tisdell. "Global trade in GM food and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Consequences for China." Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 15 (2002): 337-56. Iowa State University E-Library. 29 June 2009 <http://p3210-helena-1.lib.iastate.edu.proxy.lib.iastate.edu:2048/sfxlcl3?&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.atitle=Global+trade+in+GM+food+and+the+Cartagena+Protocol+on+Biosafety%3A+Consequences+for+China&rft.auinit=D&rft.aulast=Xue&rft.date=2002&rft.epage=356&rft.genre=article&rft.issn=1187-7863&rft.issue=4&rft.place=DORDRECHT&rft.pub=KLUWER+ACADEMIC+PUBL&rft.spage=337&rft.stitle=J+AGR+ENVIRON+ETHIC&rft.title=JOURNAL+OF+AGRICULTURAL+%26+ENVIRONMENTAL+ETHICS&rft.volume=15&rfr_id=info:sid/www.isinet.com:WoK:WOS&rft.au=Tisdell,+C>.