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Gmo World Hunger

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GMOs or genetically modified organisms are plants or animals whose genetic codes have been altered by the insertion of genes from a different plant or animal in order to gain advantageous traits. John Robbins author of Can GMOs HElp End World Hunger posted August 1 2011 in The Blog on Huffington Post. Are Gmos Feeding The World 7 Facts About Hunger And Poverty Gmo Awareness In order to better understand what GMOs are and how they could help solve world hunger we needed to better understand the history of these genetically modified foods. Gmo world hunger . Perhaps the most convincing argument for the use of GMOs in agriculture is the claim that they can produce greater yields ostensibly relieving hunger in areas that struggle from a lack of food. With a projected world population of around 10 billion by 2050 we have to produce more food to meet demand and feed the hungry. One of the main benefits that advocates of genetically modified GMO foods have promoted is the ability of the t