Will GM Crops Feed the World?.
The Claim: We need GM crops to feed the world
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Supporters of genetically engineered (also called genetically modified or GM) crops claim that we need this technology to feed a growing global population. However, the promise to “feed the world” with GM crops overlooks the real causes of hunger, and disregards the many harmful impacts of using GM technology.
The Real Problem
The claim that we need GM crops to feed the world ignores the real, root problem: Hunger is caused by poverty and inequality.
- The truth is that we already produce enough food to feed 10 billion people, which is the number our population is predicted to reach by 2050. A third of food produced around the world is wasted every year.
- People are generally hungry not because of insufficient food production, but because they do not have money to buy food, access to land to grow food, or because of poor food distribution systems and a lack of reliable water and farming infrastructure. GM crops do not help solve these causes of hunger.
We don’t need GM crops to feed the world
1. The GM crops on the market today are not designed to address hunger
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