AREC173 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Genetically Modified Maize, World Food Prize, Golden Rice

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Agricultural and Resource Economics
• Course: AREC173
• Professor: Brent Swallow

Document Summary

Prize: bioforti ed orange maize, developed with conventional breeding, has been shown to improve vision of children in zambia, bioforti ed beans, developed with conventional breeding, have been shown to improve anemia among young women in zambia. Vitamin-a rich bananas: there are over 1,000 distinct varieties of banana in the world, although almost all bananas eaten in canada are cavendish. In some countries (eg uganda), banana is the maize staple food crop. Bioversity international has identi ed varieties that are very high in vitamin a content. It has developed new varieties that are high in vitamin. !1: make healthy foods more accessible and affordable especially in northern communities, reduce food waste, especially in big box companies and food service industries. Females developed mammary tumours and disabled pituitary glands: males developed liver congestions and kidney problems. Published gmo studies nd no evidence of harm when corrected for multiple comparisons. Critical reviews in biotechnology, 1-5: domingo, j. l. (2016).