Genetically Modified Food

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Genetically Modified Foods

The modern technologies have opened many gates for us to improve our lifestyle. The infrastructure has evolved and is rapidly expanding in many countries. As the city grows, the food production decreases as the agricultural lands are used to expand the city. Scientists have found a new technology with which they can modify food and food products and add any desired trait by altering the gene with any other organism with such a gene. Such crops are called Genetically Modified Foods (GMF).

Long time ago genetic modification was done differently. It was done by growing two types of crops together and when they cross pollinate, they acquire the trait. This method was slow and risky because the traits weren't controlled. The crop would acquire some other trait instead of the one required. Many yields were destroyed to get the desired trait. There were also many limitations in terms of variety of traits as there could be only genes from other plants but now the days have changed. Now GM is done under control. Now GM crops yield better and more favorable crops. Scientists now insert only the required trait and avoiding wastage