What are Genetically Modified Crops

For thousands of years we have tried to select plants for improved yield, growth or food characteristics. In the past, this has been done by selective breeding, selecting the plants with desired characteristics and crossing it with another plant with other desired characteristics. As a result a new variety of the plant formed at a much faster rate that would occur in the wild. The problem with this was when plants were crossed with ancestral …

…modified crops are isolated away from other crops. Also its been shown that most plants won’t cross breed with each other. Genetically Modified crops will definitely bee important in the development of food production techniques. The benefits will only occur if the British public are educated about the advantages, this can be done through the media and through effective labelling and marketing. We should also still be given an alternative to genetically modified products.