Are GM foods the solution to world hunger?
This is the big one. Proponents of GM foods know that if they can pull this one off, then the money will really start to roll in. Let’s look at some of the issues involved in this topic of global significance. The argument put forward to support the proposal that genetic modification of food will help solve the world hunger problem is simple: Millions of people around the world are starving. They do not get enough to eat. By genetically modifying crops so that more food is produced, the problem of world hunger can be solved. On the surface, the above argument may seem highly convincing. More food, less hunger. It certainly seems to ring true. And we all want starvation to be eliminated. So what’s wrong with using gene technology to produce more food and solve the problem Some Facts The argument that people are starving due to a global lack of food production is flawed. We have enough food to feed everyone on the planet. The reason why people go hungry is therefore not because there is
