What is GMO food: Positive and Negative

What are GMO food: their Positive and Negative @FoodTechSociety What are Genetically Modified Foods? Genetically modified crops (GM crops) are plants used in agriculture, the DNA of which has been modified using genetic engineering methods. In the future, genetic modification could be aimed at altering the nutrient content of its food, allergenic potential or improving the food efficiency of production systems. reducing recombinant DNA technology? Combining genes from different organisms is known as recombinant DNA technology, and the resulting is said to be "genetically modified," organism "genetically engineered," or "transgenic" and the technology is often called “modern biotechnology” or “gene technology”, sometimes also “recombinant DNA technology” or “genetic engineering”. statistics of gmo crops in india: Today some 9.5 million farmers in 21 countries grow GM varieties. Between 1996 & 2005, the total surface area of land cultivated with GMO had increased from 4.2 M acres to 222 million acres. There has also been rapid and continuing expansion of GM cotton varieties in India since 2002. SOME GM ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTS IN INDIA Cotton, maize, mustard, sugarcane, sorghum, pigeonpea, Chickpea, rice, tomato, brinjal, potato, banana, papaya, cauliflower, oilseeds, castor, soyabean and medicinal plants. Experiments are also underway on several species of fish. advantages of gMO foods Genetically modified crops are Pest resistance & require less fertilizer and are more Herbicide tolerance. GM crops are Cold tolerance. GM technology has increased crop yields by 21% that Disease- and drought-resistant fewer plants resources environmental (such as water and fertilizer). require disadvantages of gMO foods Disrupt the natural process of gene flow because the “better” traits produced from engineering in the favouring of one genes can result organism. Cost of cultivation is increased. Harm to human or animal toxicological health effects, Allergenicity. like GMC changes the nutritional value and alters the transfer of antibiotic resistance. We deliver End-to-End Engineering Design and Construction Management Projects in Food and Beverage Industry PMG Engineering Meeting Global Benchmarks Process Engineering Project Management Food Safety Automation Mechanical & Electrical www.pmg.engineering