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Level of hunger remains at ‘alarming levels’
63rd ranking in Global Hunger Index
Social inequality and the low nutritional, educational, and social status of women are major causes of child under-nutrition
highest prevalence of children under five who are underweight, at more than 40 per cent
Although I work hard I am not able to feed my family due to my economic and increase in population and I am not able to get the food to feed my family DON’T KNOW WHAT TODO?
A stream of biotechnology which deals with the manipulation of genetic material by man invitro
Most successful in plants than animals
Genetically enhanced using modern biotechnology to carry one or more beneficial new traits
Latest r-DNA technology or genetic engineering involves transfer one or more gene i.e.., DNA fragment from one plant to another
Plant in which a foreign gene have been introduced is called TRANSGENIC PLANT
I will explain what is GM only you give me 10/-
See I lost my shelf life how can I improve my shelf life ?
Look at me they are making transgenic tomato so that I can improve my shelf life. WOW!!! So excited
Eat me! I have good starch content in me. If you don’t eat just watch!!!!
Eat me I have amylopectin starch that is converted to waxy potato starch
TRANSGENIC RICE
Eat me I will give you carbohydrate content
If you eat me I will give you more beta carotene than the original one
Hi I am back again. I will be more sweeter than the original corn and have more enzymes which improves your body metabolism and also exhibit different colors which will make you to eat
CROP PERCENT MODIFIED IN WORLD
ALFALFA -
CANOLA/RAPESEED 21%
CORN 26%
COTTON 49%
PAPAYA -
POTATO 0%
RICE -
SOY BEANS 77%
SUGARCANE 0%
TOMATOES Small quantities in China
WHEAT UNKNOWN
More tolerant to abiotic stress
Reduce reliance on chemical pesticides
Reduce post harvest looses and increase mineral efficiency
Enhance nutritional value
India needs GM crops
So lets join hands together and bring a zero hunger to our country by cultivating GM crops by doing the proper evaluation and making the negative positive
LETS HAVE A ZERO HUNGER CHALLENGE TO OUR COUNTRY