0
Want this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
One reason farmers often choose GM crops over non-GM crops because GM crops are?
More productive
Why do farmers choose gm crops over non-gm crops?
Because of the opportunity GM crops provide for greater profit with less risk. Also GM crops give much bigger yields (bushels/acre) and thus more profit over crops that are not GMO.
Why are gm crops controversial?
Because some people do not agree with GM crops and it can cause controversal
Why would GM crops need less pesticides?
GM crops having disease resistant genes hence they are resistant to disease and pests so they not need more use of pesticide.
How are gm crops bad for you?
They are not.
How are GM crops different from natural crops?
They are genetically modified through the insertion of genes which the plant would not ordinarily be able to mutate on its own.
What are the disadvantages of GM crops?
Gm crops are the genetically modified crops of food so they dont rot before there sell by date. they are enjected with a gene from another plant.
How conventional plant breeding help in crop improment rather then gm crop?
It lets the gm crop people cover the planet with their crops, while the conventional wait for Nature to develop ever stronger attacks on the gm crops. They (conventional folks) go hungry for decades, but eventually much of Mankind dies waiting for them to produce enough food to support the huge masses that gm crops allowed.But that is better than developing population control. Oh wait, no it isn't.
Is it ethical to make gm crops?
Of course it is!
Is genetically modified food in Israel?
the main export market for Israel is Europe which does not approve of GM crops so the answer is: no, there are no commercially grown GM crops in Israel. however Israel it self is not against GM.
What crops constitute the greatest proportion of GM crops grown in the world?
Corn and Soybeans
How are GM food crops produced?
GM crops are produced much like other crops, except that many that are grown have been genetically engineered to be resistant to herbicides or to produce an insecticide in the plant itself.
