The benefits of genetic modified organisms?

Is genetic modified organisms the best solution?

BENEFITS OF GENETIC MODIFIED ORGANISMS.

 

Which are the benefits of genetic modified organisms? If you are engaging in agricultural production then this is the place for you.Do you know the impacts of genetic modified organisms on your health? ;To know much , stay along.

For today let me show you the benefits of genetic modified organisms. 

"What is genetic modified organisms?" Do you ask this question What is genetic modified organisms? Let's now see what's genetic modified organisms.

Genetic modified organisms are the organisms which their genetic characteristics are altered by inserting genes from another organism.

Do you know how are genes of one organism are inserted into another organism?; All these are here stay on.

Genetic modified organisms have various benefits on increasing products and healthy enhancement. Genetic modified organisms have benefits on the following;

STRONG RESISTANCE AGAINST PESTS, DISEASES AND CLIMATE CHANGES.

Here the two genes with variations are combined . For example a drought resistant plant genes are inserted into a disease resistant plant. The result is the plant with both characteristics of resisting drought and diseases.

INCREASED PRODUCTS.

On genetic modified organisms, the genes of different strength are combined to increase yield for example, a high branch producing plant is mixed with the high fruit producing plant. Many branches and fruits are then produced on the same plant.

IMPROVE IN QUALITY OF THEIR PRODUCTS.

Here genes based on quality of products are combined for example a local animal breed with sweet milk is combined with a pure breed with high milk producing to get a hybrid with sweet and high quality milk.

EARLY GROWTH.

Genes are combined to introduce rapid growth of an organism.For examples genes with fast growth rate are introduced to a large body organism to get fast growth rate and large body organism.

SHORT MATURITY PERIOD.

The maturity period of genetic modified organisms is shortened by combining two genes for example one can be from a fast growing organism and another from short maturity period. The result is fast growth wish short maturity period.

LONG LIFESPAN.

Genetic modified organisms  take a long time period before they reach destiny of producing. For example a cow lactation period of hybrid is long than that of local breeds.

Genetic modified organisms are introduced to producers such as farmers, animal keepers to solve the problems of shortage of plants and animal production as well as poor quality of their products. 

Are there disadvantages to genetic modification?

The technology, which allows adjustment of the properties of plants, animals or micro-organisms in a specified way, has no particular disadvantages. It is however important that the technology be used properly. There are national and international agreements regarding this. In practice, plant breeding or genetic modification could change many more properties of organisms than is desirable. This is why each property is reviewed by experts on the national and international level, and permitted adjustments are established.

The legislation surrounding the technology also has disadvantages. Companies that develop a new plant variety can apply for patents. This patent disallows others from using this new variety for further breeding. This enables companies that have developed a new plant type through genetic modification to continue selling this variety for years. And because the modified species often have excellent properties, farmers will also want them. In this way, monocultures can arise. In conventional breeding there are, of course, always varieties preferred by farmers, but because the varieties that have been created through breeding may be further bred by others (this is only the plant breeder's right, not a patent) there is a constant flow of new varieties on the market.

Can genetic modification replace conventional breeding?

This is absolutely not the case. The use of cross breeding will always be important to be able to guarantee a wide variety of agricultural products. Wageningen University & Research emphasizes that genetic modification, like all other technologies, should be fitted in a wide, agro-ecological farming practice. Good agricultural practice is always the starting point. Genetic modification is just one of the pillars that can be used to optimize the food supply while keeping it sustainable.

In addition, consumers should always have the choice whether or not they want food that contains genetically modified ingredients. It should not be the case that a few large seed producers decide what people eat worldwide.

How does the consumer know whether there are genetically modified organisms (GMOs) present in a product?

If GMOs are used in food, this is indicated on the packaging. In milk, meat and eggs produced from animals that have eaten genetically modified feed, there is no requirement to list this on the label.

Sometimes livestock feed that has not or not yet been admitted to the EU market ends up in Europe. This is why there is continuous sampling at various points in the chain - from ports to farms - to trace GMOs and to detect where they originate from. Wageningen Food Safety Research has many methods to detect different GMOs and develops methods to be able to show all GMOs in a sample with a single analysis.

To avoid mixing GMOs with non-GMOs there are strict rules, for example the minimum distance between fields with non-genetically modified crops and genetically modified crops. This is to prevent possible cross-fertilisation.

Who determines whether the use of GMOs is safe?

Food safety must be guaranteed in the long term. This means that companies that develop new varieties through genetic modification must have those tested before they may be marketed. Testing is done in Europe by all 27 member states, who send their reviews to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the scientific body that has the final judgement on the files. The decision-making lies with politics at the national and European level. For the tests that companies must perform within the EU, directives from the EFSA are available. For example, tests carried out to see how much the gene added to a plant is expressed. Furthermore, research is done to determine whether the proteins may be toxic or potentially lead to allergic reactions. There are also tests to determine whether the modification affects the nutritional value of the plant. Besides tests on food safety, environmental considerations are also included.

In the Netherlands, Wageningen Food Safety Research develops methods to test food and feed safety more efficiently in the future by using advanced analytical techniques. Differences between the genetically modified plants and similar conventional plants are then presented in a single analysis.

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