What are some potential benefits of GMOs?
Those promoting GMO use generally agree that technology has helped improve food production. For evidence, they point to the “green revolution” when agriculture became industrialized and large-scale fertilizer and pesticide use became common practice. GMO advocates believe that GMOs will continue this tradition of technology advancing food security for the growing human population. Critics argue that the indicators used to determine these improvements have not properly measured the long-term environmental effects of pesticides and fertilizers. GMO proponents believe that GMOs have the potential of reducing pesticide and herbicide use, providing better nutrition by increasing the nutritional content of crops, improving crop yields to feed a rapidly growing world population, promoting market competitiveness, and overcoming environmental conditions such as drought and heat.
