Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of production of genetically modified crops.

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Philoid · Accepted Answer

Advantages

• It improves production and raise farmer’s income.

• It reduces the use of insecticides and pesticide sand leads to betterment of foods.

• It can feed a rapidly increasing population because it shows dramatically increased yields.

• Nutritional content was be improved e.g. GMO crops produced rice that was good in vitamin A levels that has reduced global vitamin deficiencies level.

Disadvantages

• GMO crops may cause antibiotics resistance because it have some traces of antibiotics which may cause illness to be difficult to cure.

• Farmers growing genetically modified crops food have legal liability.

• Gene migration can be done with weeds can be worst for future generation crops.

• Honey bees may get affected to these toxin and it may affect apiculture of the region.