Genetic engineering and world hunger

Genetic engineering is very contradictory issue . The ethical side of genetic engineering is still the object of indignation for some confession of faiths , for example . The objective of this essay , however is to discuss the economic aspect of genetically modifying food production and to support the following thesis : the production of GM food will not solve the world hunger problem

GE and world hunger

The advocates of genetic engineering usually use the following argument GE can produce new , valuable crops that will solve the world hunger problem . Really , the growth of

global population within the latest 40 years caused the world hunger and the trend is expanding . Biologically the shortage of food always draws the population decrease or the shift to the new food sources . However analyzing the human population the economical factors should also be taken in attention

At least one billion people earn less than 1 .00 a day . Thus the main reason of global hunger isn 't a real food shortage but the poverty . The advocates of GE claim that GM food is cheaper than organic . However , the analysis of food prices growth within the last two decades proves first , the food isn 't cheap enough for the lowest-income part of population still , and second , the price growth on organic food was more significant that price decrease in GM food

The usage of agricultural land in the world , especially in the poor countries , is another argument against the GM food as the world hunger solution . The significant...