HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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provides foods that cure disease.
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provides a cash crop for low income nations.
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provides more food to feed a growing population.
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biotech foods are not controversial
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Detailed explanation-1: -Thus, genetically modified crops help in optimizing the complete process of agriculture. Advancement of biotechnology in agriculture resulted in a variety of GMO which include pest-resistant plants, disease-resistant plants, etc.
Detailed explanation-2: -Use of biotech plants can produce more food on less land, by reducing the amount of crops lost to disease and pests. It can reduce CO2 emissions from the farming process, the amount of pesticides used to produce foods, and in the future, the amount of water needed to grow crops.
Detailed explanation-3: -Food biotechnology encompasses genetic engineering approaches to enhance food quality by microorganisms, animals, or plants; microbial fermentation processes for manufacturing innovative food, enzyme, and additives; the introduction of new technologies for food packaging and preservation.