GENETICALLY

MODIFIED
CROPS
Presented By:
Dimpy Malhotra
Vishal Singh
Supriya Gogoi
Vishnu Aggarwal
Yogendra Singh
WHAT IS GMO

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_organism
GM CROPS : BOON OR
BIO-HAZARD?
 Sell or sowing of
Disruption of GMO production
GMO invites 1
ecosystem and not allowed in
lakh fine and 5
Biodiversity India
years in Jail

CONTROVERSY
It improves Biologically
production and altered, may
raises farmers pose a human
Income health risk

Can feed
Can produce rapidly
more in small Increasing
area of land population
ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION
GMO labelling does not require by FDA & WHO

64 countries including the European Union, Japan & Australia ban the GMO product
(Ayers,2017)

Food products are inserted with GMO ingredients and consumer wouldn’t even maintained

https://vittana.org/24-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-gmos
 An Increased Risk of Allergies or food tolerance

By eating such food with toxins, the possibility of ingesting the toxin and being harmed by it
may happen.
( Bio Explorer,2018)
Toxins

Thus, being produced when there is a damage in the “Gene of Interest” during the Insertion
process.

https://www.bioexplorer.net/disadvantage-of-genetically-modified-food.html/
 GMO’S create super weeds, encourage the use of harm additional herbicides.

“weeds have begun to develop a resistance to some of these chemicals which means that in the
future. It will be more difficult to control noxious plants. Over time, this leads to a reduction in the
biodiversity of crop strains”
( Kannal,2019)

One of the most common herbicides being used glyphosate, has been listed by WHO since 2015 as
being a probable carcinogenic.

https://www.livestrong.com/article/345554-disadvantages-of-genetically-modified-food/
 GMO crops can contaminate other fields

Several Reports maintained on of low levels of GMO crops approved as animal feed all for the
industrial use being found in food meant for human consumption.
( Barrel,2019)

Seeds are produced by these GMO crops eventually spreading to other fields and contaminate
them

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324576.php
 Most Main food have several levels of Genetic modification

“GMO sweetcorn also for sales in grocery stores, but in lesser amounts. Genetically modified
alfalfa is grown for use as hay and forage for animals”.
(Smith,2015)

Major commodity crops raised from GMO seeds include corn which is 92% GMO, Soya bean
with 94% and cotton with 94%.

https://responsibletechnology.org
CONCLUSION