Genetic Engineering

            2 million Africans have died within the last two years due to the lack of food? As this problem continues, many world leaders are trying to come across methods that will reduce this problem. Although donations are commonly granted, many of these donations can only cope with a small percent of this problem. However, scientists have found an alternative source that will greatly assist this immense concern. As a result of their long, extensive research, scientists have discovered a way to genetically alter seeds, thus possibly solving the food shortage. Imagine increasing the size of a grain of rice by 50% and multiplying that increase by a million pounds. This clearly shows one of the possible options that genetic engineering has to offer. Genetic engineering is a new medical breakthrough that will play a tremendous role in improving world issues, our farming and medical technology. .
             Genetic engineering is an excellent step toward improving the quality of food that is donated to third world countries. Many third world countries today are not getting a good amount of nutrition due to the low amount of food they receive. For instance, organizations are compelled to limit their food donation due to the high demand of food assistance. With this limitation, people do not have the option to discard any food donation that has inferior quality. As a result of this, people are not only dying of food starvation but also from food intoxication. With genetic engineering, food cannot only be increased in size but also engineered to reduce common spoilage as well as increase the nutrition of the food. Genetic engineering will also improve the quantity of food. If we continue to destroy land, our primary food source, who knows what the future has in store for us. For example, as a result of World War II and Vietnam, land has been considered non-farmable because of the infection left by nuclear and chemical use.