By the year 2035, the world's population will have doubled if it continues to grow at its present rate. How will 11.2 billion people all be able to get enough food to survive? (Tagliaferro 25) Experts have been looking for answers to the problems of feeding the world's population, now and in the future. The answer is genetic engineering, more formally known as biotechnology.

Within developing tropical countries, 100,000 people including 40,000 small children die each day from conditions related to poverty and malnutrition. (Tagliaferro 25) The world does not have vaccines for diseases like malaria, or AIDS, but an effective vaccine to prevent starvation is well known to everyone - food. (Kill the Frankenstein Myth 1) Not only will genetic engineering provide seeds for the world's farmers that can be grown successfully in both mechanized and labor-intensive agriculture, but also will provide food of higher quality and with better nutritional value. These new seeds will also be able to grow in salty soils, resist heat, cold, diseases, pests, and drought. They will be cost efficient since fertilizers and pesticides will not be needed to grow our food. (Opposing Viewpoints 118) Biotechnology may not solve the problem of world hunger, but it is a very powerful tool in the struggle.

Genetic engineering will change our world for the better. It will decrease the amount of starvation in developing countries. It will provide the world's population with more nutritious, flavorful and healthy foods. It will enable us to utilize our limited resources more wisely. It will help protect the environment from chemical pesticide contamination, and it will raise the over-all standard of living worldwide.

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