How and Why Are GM Foods A Global Issue?
… summarising of how and why it is viewed as a global topic for investigation. GM foods is a global issue because it highlights who is feeding the world and by what methods. It questions whether the world will starve due to different food production methods and shows the globalisation of agricultural trade. Shiva (2000) argues GM foods will not produce large volumes of food production, quite the opposite, claiming genetic engineering will create hunger. Self-sufficient local economies who produce just for their own consumption are being coerced into producing for export. GM foods also involves the global economy which is the interplay of individual economies such as the US and Africa marketplaces. GM seeds are shipped to production areas and the finished product is traded back. Genetic modification aims to meet the global food supply. However, some would argue the biotechnology corporation’s enthusiasm for genetic technology as ‘feeding the world’ …
