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Topic 4: Food Production and Sustainability
Quick questions on Genetic modification and emerging food technologies (SACE Stage 2 Nutrition)
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What are potential benefits?Show answer
Higher yields and pest resistance can increase the food supply and reduce some chemical use. Biofortification can improve nutrition where deficiencies are common. Cultured meat and plant proteins may lower the environmental impact of animal farming.
What are potential risks and concerns?Show answer
Questions include long-term safety, though approved GM foods are generally assessed as safe to eat; environmental effects such as impacts on biodiversity or the spread of modified genes; economic concerns about a few large companies controlling seeds and patents; and consumer choice, including whether GM foods should be labelled.
What are ethical issues?Show answer
People hold strong and differing views on altering nature, on animal welfare, on fairness to farmers in poorer countries, and on whether such technologies should be used at all. A good evaluation presents more than one viewpoint.
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