Agricultural Biotechnology

 Agricultural Biotechnology:

• Agricultural biotechnology is a set of tools that include traditional breeding techniques to alter living organisms to modify or make products, improve plants or animals, or develop microorganisms for specific agricultural uses. Genetic engineering is the name given to some methods that scientists use to introduce new traits to an organism.

• Biotechnology has resulted in benefits to farmers, producers, and consumers by providing nutritionally-enriched foods, longer-lasting products, and lower levels of toxicants. Biotechnology can also make production cheaper and more manageable, enabling farmers to keep up with demands for food while reducing production costs.

• Biotechnology has helped to make insect pest control and weed management safer and easier, while safeguarding crops against diseases. However, assessing risks is challenging because natural and human-modified systems are complex, and GMOs may affect non-GMO organisms' genetics and reduce biodiversity.

• GM food labeling is highly required to verify if people have been harmed over the years by consuming GMF. The law for mandatory labeling is crucial, and a consensual system on GMO labeling is necessary. People across the world seek transparency and consumer choice, and believe that compulsory labeling schemes on GM ingredients are highly required.

• The organic movement is opposed to any use of GMOs in agriculture, and organic standards explicitly prohibit their use. However, some organic farmers have found their crops, including seeds, to contain detectable levels of genetically engineered DNA. The origin of pollution may be caused by pollen drift from GMO fields in surrounding areas, or the contamination may have also come from the seed supply.