Eggplants are very common here in the Philippines. But what is this vegetable?

Eggplants or Solanum melongena come from the family of Nightshades which includes tomatoes and potatoes. It originated from a wild plant called thorn apple or bitter apple (Solanum incanum) which is domesticated by Indians. The nutrients that an eggplant contain can also help in reducing malnourishment in a person. It contains some essential fatty acids including omega 3 and 6, it also has vitamins A,B6,C,E,K and also thiamine,riboflavin,niacin,folate, and panthotenic acid. It also has minerals like manganese, copper, sodium, magnesium, iron, potassium, zinc, calcium phosphorus. We can say that this purple fruit has low calorie content aside from that, it has balanced nutrients which can make a person healthy. Many people experience malnourishment here in the Philippines such as persons in far to reach areas. But what is malnourishment? Malnourishment is the disease when the body receives too much or less nutrients. There are three mainly different subcategories such as: Marasmus , kwashiorkor, and Marasmus kwashiorkor. Marasmus is a state wherein a persons ribcage bones show or the person is really thin or butot balat. Kwashiorkor is a state where a persons belly size increases with no reason. And the marasmus kwashiorkor is the state where both of the two diseases mix. The cause for these diseases? In marasmus lack of food intake especially protein. In kwashiorkor, it is also known as protein deficiency disorder . There are also other malnutrition diseases including: Adult Malnutrition, Micronutrient Malnutrition, Over-nutrition, Over-eating, Poor diet and Micronutrient poisoning. There are also cases of malnutrition here in the Philippines including many families are experiencing poverty and can't afford to eat well. The economy has not been performing well in quite some time. The children are suffering the most as they don't get the vital nutrients they need to grow well. We can say that it is a huge problem today here in the Philippines which we need to cope up. Food shortage It is a state wherein a place has less food resources to feed the people. Here in the Philippines today we experience this. There are lots of causes of this including less space to grow foods like the one in cordillera region in which the growing place of plants that is supposed to be planted is where the Marijuana plants are planted. Other causes include transportation in one situation where farmers from different regions distribute or sell food to manila, the transport is uneasy which can cause some bruises to the vegetables and thus lowering its quality. Another cause is that when travelling, unpaved roads or weather problems are also encountered thus when the foods are destroyed, the amount of foods decreases and the demand for it increases and the effect will be higher price. Other problems including weather over raining and drought are other causes which in turn, it destroys the plants and kills them. other causes include overpopulation which is really a huge problem it causes the inbalance of the resources and it causes some persons to starve. In this study, we will produce genetically modified organisms such as eggplants in helping lessen malnutrition or food shortage here in the Philippines. But what are GMOs or genetically modified organisms? These are organisms that are more resistant to diseases or hardy. It has better yields and uses less space, less herbicides. Its product can also last longer than any other product because it has

longer shelf life. It also grows faster than any other ordinary organisms. It also provides fruit faster than other plants. It also requires less herbicides. Many people can also afford this because this is inexpensive and has better quality. It is also drought tolerant and salt tolerant because of this, it can withstand extreme weather making it a better plant than others. It can also lessen food shortage by this ability that it contains, hardy and disease resistant. In also can lessen malnutrition by higher nutrient contain or it can also contain edible vaccines for example: banana that contain virus antigens.