Argument Analysis: Should Gmos Matter?

A Nebraska cornhusker frets as he surveys his drought-stunted crop. A Nigerian yam farmer digs up shrunken tubers. A Costa Rican coffee baron lays off hundreds of workers because a fungus has spoiled his harvest. A poor Indian cotton farmer discovers his crop infested with insects. Such dilemmas are becoming more and more prevalent in our world plighted with drought, climate change, and other natural devastations to plants. However, the rapid population growth of humans makes overcoming these challenges increasingly urgent. Ramez Naam discusses the solution to these problems in his article Why GMOs Matter. I strongly agree with Ramez Naam that GMOs should continue to be used because they increase food production which proves a necessity in order to feed our growing population and avoid hunger, GMOs enable farmers to be better stewards of the environment by allowing them to grow more crops on less land while using fewer pesticides and less water, and contrary to popular belief, there are no proven health hazards. Without a doubt, GMOs prove necessary to support the world’s vast and growing population. While I acknowledge that others may feel differently about GMOs, statistics demonstrate that “we need to grow 70 percent more food by 2050” (The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN). Furthermore, GMOs are extremely important
For example, GMOs reduce humankind’s environmental footprint by reducing the need for pesticides and fertilizers and therefore minimizing nitrogen runoff. Furthermore, GMOs are integral to feed our immense and growing population. Lastly, the scientific consensus shows that GMOs are completely safe to consume. All in all, the modification of foods proves a scientific revolution in humankind unlike any other, and should be applauded not bashed upon. Therefore, why should we not use GM