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Agricultural biotechnologies in developing countries and their possible contribution to food

security

Ruane, John, and Andrea Sonnino. "Agricultural Biotechnologies in Developing Countries and

Their Possible Contribution to Food Security." Journal of Biotechnology. 156.4 (2011):

356-363. Print.

There is a serious issue of food security around the world. The developing world is

responsible for 98% of the people who do not have adequate access to food. In order to achieve

food security around the world and especially in developing countries, governments need to use

all of the biotechnologies available. Not all biotechnologies incorporate genetic modification

and all of the controversy surrounding GMOs negatively impacts the utilization of these

technologies. Biotechnologies have the ability to not only improve access to food, but to also

improves the financial wellbeing of farmers. Biotechnologies can be applied to all aspects of

food production, such as hybridization of plants to produce higher output crops in an agricultural

unfavorable climate, and the detection of disease and creation of vaccines in livestock and

aquaculture.

This source helped me figure out what are the ways that the food industry could be

helped by biotechnologies. I found out that GMOs were not the only ways that food security
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could be improved and that there is a plethora of technologies that can be used to help the

undernourished. I also found out that almost all the people who do not have sufficient access to

food are found in 7 out of a total of 193 countries, all in either Sub-Saharan Africa or Asia. This

source allowed me to confirm that genetic engineering does help food production and can help

alleviate the hungry. It also allowed me to figure out where I want to look next in my inquiry.

After reading this source I became more interested in how on the topic of food security, rather

than genetic modification as a whole.

This article was published in the Journal of Biotechnology using the information gathered

from a conference organized by the FAO called the international technical conference on

Agricultural Biotechnologies in Developing Countries in 2010. The conference was co-

sponsored by the International Fund for Agricultural Development. This source was peer Commented [e3]: Good proof of authenticity

reviewed and cites 19 other articles.