Today’s global population is still constantly growing, facing extreme climate conditions, and fighting against a plethora of diseases, but within the last decade a solution to all of our problems has appeared: genetic engineering. Genetic engineering is essentially the manipulation of an organism’s DNA, which is what makes up its genetic structure, to repair damaged parts or introduce new genes to produce beneficial effects such as attaining higher crop yield or curing diseases. Although genetic engineering seems like the ultimate solution, there are some criticisms that deal with the possibly unknown effects. Even though genetic engineering is still being developed and debated amongst members of the scientific community, it can offer a vast
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Furthermore, in cases where the price and supply problems cause people to rethink the consumption of GMOs, many nationally recognized organizations, such as the U.S. Wheat Associates, have now come to advocate for GMOs so that critical shortages won’t begin to become more present with the lack of high crop yields (Source A). Even if there was a natural cause for crop yields to lessen, prices of some commodities like rice and wheat have increased by 200%, which has caused violent outbursts in developing countries, such as Cameroon, Egypt, and Haiti (Source A). The higher prices of staple crops have now become one of the reasons for companies to switch over to GMO crops. An example of this can be seen by how some Japanese and South Korean corn product manufacturers have had trouble obtaining non-GMO corn (Source A). About seven years ago, the UN released a statement saying, “Feeding a world population of 9.1 billion people in 2050 will require raising over food production by some 70 percent” (Source C). The UN’s global status only further reinforces the need for GMOs to become more commonly accepted for worldwide food production to maintain
Furthermore, in cases where the price and supply problems cause people to rethink the consumption of GMOs, many nationally recognized organizations, such as the U.S. Wheat Associates, have now come to advocate for GMOs so that critical shortages won’t begin to become more present with the lack of high crop yields (Source A). Even if there was a natural cause for crop yields to lessen, prices of some commodities like rice and wheat have increased by 200%, which has caused violent outbursts in developing countries, such as Cameroon, Egypt, and Haiti (Source A). The higher prices of staple crops have now become one of the reasons for companies to switch over to GMO crops. An example of this can be seen by how some Japanese and South Korean corn product manufacturers have had trouble obtaining non-GMO corn (Source A). About seven years ago, the UN released a statement saying, “Feeding a world population of 9.1 billion people in 2050 will require raising over food production by some 70 percent” (Source C). The UN’s global status only further reinforces the need for GMOs to become more commonly accepted for worldwide food production to maintain