Pro Gmo Executive Summary
USDA: PRO GMO
Mission Statement
We provide leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science, and efficient management.
Vision
We want to be recognized as a dynamic organization that is able to efficiently provide the integrated program delivery needed to lead a rapidly evolving food and agriculture system.
Strategic Plan Framework
USDA has created a strategic plan to implement its vision. The framework of this plan depends on these key activities:
Expanding markets for agricultural products and support international economic development, further developing alternative markets for agricultural products and activities, providing financing needed to …show more content…
In other words, they are organisms in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally. It allows selected individual genes to be transferred from one organism into another, including nonrelated species. Advancements in biotechnology allow for genetic modification to be used in both plants and animals. Essentially, genetic modification allows one to express the desired traits in an organism quickly and efficiently. Also, GM products offer traits such as enhanced nutritional content, taste, and shelf life. For example, one can cause a mustard plant to express for “Golden Mustard”. As a result, the seeds would express high levels of levels of beta-carotene, a precursor of Vitamin A, thus helping in treating Vitamin A …show more content…
Census Bureau, the current world population is over 7 billion as of 2012, which is approximately double of what it what in the 1960’s. Out of those 7 billion worldwide, the U.S. constitutes over 3 billion. GMO have many benefits such as; increased production in quantities of food, lower pesticide use, and growing products with a specific desired trait. GM seeds allow farmers to produce bigger, more reliable crops. Plant breeding also results in crops better able to withstand the environmental challenges of drought, disease and insect infestations. This allows farmers to grow more food, and increase profitable crops for the marketplace. Nutrition-enhanced GM crops help to significantly decrease malnutrition. Ultimately, this also allows cheaper consumer prices for GM foods at the marketplace. An Iowa State University study shows that without biotechnology, global prices would be nearly 10 percent higher for soybeans and 6 percent higher for corn. With the exponential growth of the human population, GM crops may be the only way to ensure that worldwide food production keeps
Mission Statement
We provide leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science, and efficient management.
Vision
We want to be recognized as a dynamic organization that is able to efficiently provide the integrated program delivery needed to lead a rapidly evolving food and agriculture system.
Strategic Plan Framework
USDA has created a strategic plan to implement its vision. The framework of this plan depends on these key activities:
Expanding markets for agricultural products and support international economic development, further developing alternative markets for agricultural products and activities, providing financing needed to …show more content…
In other words, they are organisms in which the genetic material (DNA) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally. It allows selected individual genes to be transferred from one organism into another, including nonrelated species. Advancements in biotechnology allow for genetic modification to be used in both plants and animals. Essentially, genetic modification allows one to express the desired traits in an organism quickly and efficiently. Also, GM products offer traits such as enhanced nutritional content, taste, and shelf life. For example, one can cause a mustard plant to express for “Golden Mustard”. As a result, the seeds would express high levels of levels of beta-carotene, a precursor of Vitamin A, thus helping in treating Vitamin A …show more content…
Census Bureau, the current world population is over 7 billion as of 2012, which is approximately double of what it what in the 1960’s. Out of those 7 billion worldwide, the U.S. constitutes over 3 billion. GMO have many benefits such as; increased production in quantities of food, lower pesticide use, and growing products with a specific desired trait. GM seeds allow farmers to produce bigger, more reliable crops. Plant breeding also results in crops better able to withstand the environmental challenges of drought, disease and insect infestations. This allows farmers to grow more food, and increase profitable crops for the marketplace. Nutrition-enhanced GM crops help to significantly decrease malnutrition. Ultimately, this also allows cheaper consumer prices for GM foods at the marketplace. An Iowa State University study shows that without biotechnology, global prices would be nearly 10 percent higher for soybeans and 6 percent higher for corn. With the exponential growth of the human population, GM crops may be the only way to ensure that worldwide food production keeps