Genetically Modified Crops

The debate on whether genetically modified (GM) food is just or wrong has been sledding on since 1983 when the first GM plant was produced using an antibiotic-resistant tobacco plant. Since then hundreds of different pastures crap been licensed and approved for both(prenominal) scientific use and commercialised use. The likelihood of your everyday diet suppressing GM foods depends on which region you live in. Countries such as North America and genus Argentina have been growing GM crops commercially for over a decade now, however in Europe only twain crops have been approved for farming due to public opposition. Scientists bathroom now make crops larger, ride out fresher longer, contain their throw pesticides and added nutrients and there is even speak of crops being able to contain vaccines for diseases. The most widely large(p) GM crops are soya beans, corn and cotton. Could this bio-technology cure the worlds food problems and prevent millions of people from sha rp-set or is it just a way for global corporations to run low even richer and more strong by meddling with lore we do not in full understand?\nFarmers have been ever- changing the genetic information of plants for thousands of geezerhood by selectively replication the best of each crop to increase farming susceptibility and productivity to the point that to the highest degree every vegetable gettable in your local supermarket has been selectively farmed. From the humble wild lollipop plant we have created, the tweet we know today, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, cauliflower and broccoli. This method which takes hundreds of years stinker now be through in a depicted object of months by actually pass inside the cell and changing the DNA of the plant in order to produce the in demand(p) effect. The Food Standards Agencies definition of a GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) is altering the genes of a plant, animal or micro-organism, or inserting a gene from another(prenominal ) organism. One of the biggest breakthroughs was when scientists inserted the gene lay out in the arctic flounder...