My GMO

1. GMOs in the Developing World
Student Presentation
Zachary Larson

2. Introduction
GMOs are playing a powerful role
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Differing views in the Developing World
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Cautious Optomism
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Down Right Hostility
•
Need for balanced Approach to access GMOs
potential

3. Benefits of GMOS
Benefits Widely Known
in the Developed
World
Step up from traditional
breeding
Able to specifically
target genetic
mechanisms
Used to combat nutrition
problems like Vitamin
A Deficiency

4. Benefits Continued
Increasing Yield
Crop Improvement
Pest Control
BT Cotton

5. Concerns Regarding GMOs
Opposition and skepticism to GMOs is widely
present
Damage to the Environment, Agriculture, and
Biodiversity
India's long opposition and eventual adoption of
Bt Cotton

6. Further Concerns
Potential Disruption of
Environment
Affect on National
Economy
Consumer Confidence
China's Experience with
GMOs

7. Ethical Considerations
GMOs are made with good intentions
Have the ability to target specific agricultural
problems
Adoption of GMOs can improve food security and
limit nutritional deficiencies
GMOs adoption must be done in care of
environmental and consumer issues.

8. Conclusion
GMOs have a powerful
potential in the
developing world
Optimism and
Skepticism
Need for Ethical
Adoption

9. Works Cited
1.Evenson, Robert E.Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization. Volume 2,
Issue , Pages –, ISSN (Online) 1542-0485, DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1056 , May 2004
2.Joel I. Cohen, Robert Paarlberg, Unlocking Crop Biotechnology in Developing
Countries––A Report from the Field, World Development, Volume 32, Issue 9,
September 2004, Pages 1563-1577, ISSN 0305-750X,
10.1016/j.worlddev.2004.05.003.
3.Moisés Burachik, Experience from use of GMOs in Argentinian agriculture, economy
and environment, New Biotechnology, Volume 27, Issue 5, 30 November 2010, Pages
588-592