Comprehensive Analysis of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) Report

This report provides a comprehensive overview of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), examining their role in agriculture, food production, and their impact on society. The report begins with an introduction to GMOs, explaining the process of transferring genes from donor organisms to target organisms, and highlights the widespread use of GMOs in crops like corn, soybeans, and cotton. It explores the benefits of GMOs, such as increased agricultural productivity and reduced pesticide use, while also addressing potential ethical, legal, and environmental concerns. The methodology involves a literature review, analyzing various sources to illustrate the applications of GMOs, including pest resistance, virus resistance, and herbicide tolerance. The report identifies key stakeholders, including government agencies like the USDA, FDA, and EPA, which regulate GMOs. It also provides examples of common foods containing GMOs and discusses GMO-producing countries. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of considering the relationship between food, culture, environment, and ethics, while also raising questions about the potential adverse effects of GMOs on the ecology system. The critique acknowledges the paper's strengths in providing a clear introduction and examples but notes the absence of in-depth analysis regarding the environmental effects of GMOs, highlighting the need for further research.

Summary
Abstract
Science, along with the advancement of technology in the agricultural as well as
farming field has brought some huge changes in the industry. The involvement of science
discovered many new things which turn out to be beneficial for the mankind. Among many
scientific methods, Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) is quite significant in producing
any kind of desired biological products. Various important uses of GMO are there that
includes pet breeding, crop farming, livestock production and others. In agricultural field,
crop farming is one of the best artificial reproductive methods accepted throughout the world.
The discussed article provides a clear idea about the topic GMO. It specifically mentions the
function of donor organism as well as the target organism. The paper also provides a statistics
on different genetically modified products. In the paper, description of different products that
used GMO to get modified is also provided clearly. Various stakeholders are associated with
a vested interest in this issue and their activities and concerns are also described in the paper.
Government agencies in the United States also regulate GMO and the reason is elaborated in
the article thoroughly. The role of USDA and FDA has been stated in this regard. At the same
time, some example of common foods that contain GMO is also provided in the discussed
article. The GMO producing countries are also a part of the discussion in this paper. Finally,
it has been discussed that how GMOs are regulated and used in the human food supply. In
addition, some questions that may arise in this relation have also thoroughly been discussed
in the article.
Introduction
The paper is focussed to discuss about GMO which is Genetically Modified
Organisms that are produced in a specific process of transferring organisms. In this process,
selected individual genes are basically transferred from the donor organism to the target
organism. In this way, the desired properties are transferred to the new organism. It is
possible to include plants, animals as well as enzymes in the GMO. For the purpose of
commercial production and consumption, some regulatory agencies approve GMO. United
States Department of Agriculture have presented a report in relation to GMO which states the
fact that by the year 2012, 94% of cotton, 93% of soybeans, and 88% of corn grow in the
United States is genetically modified. GMO has become a part of life as it is entering into
society through agriculture and human society is benefited in many ways. In terms of raising

agricultural productivity and reducing the requirement of pesticides which is harmful for
environment, GMO plays a major role. However, several questions might arise regarding the
safety issue of environment and ecology system with the over usage of GMO and that
includes ethical as well as legal issue too. The research journal article clearly provides a brief
introduction about the topic along with its advantages over human society. At the same time,
the author of the journal article also raises questions regarding the ethical, legal and other
safety issues with the excessive use of GMO in the environment or the ecology system. The
main objective of the research journal is to find the effectiveness of GMO in the society and
its impact on the society.
Methodology
In the research article data has been collected from various sources as well as
literatures and hence, as the research methodology, literature search has been considered by
the author. Various online sources and books as well journals have been reviewed before
executing the research article. It followed a step-by-step procedure to execute the paper. At
the initial stage it gathered data and provided a brief introduction about the topic GMO. After
that it illustrated some clear examples of crops that have been modified with the use of GMO
technique. It also discussed how GMO modified certain things. Apart from that, the
methodology has been used to clearly identify the stakeholders associated is associated with
the process of GMO. In order to find the role of some government agencies of United States
that regulate GMO the article did a thorough research. It also helped in recognising some
common foods that contain GMOs along with its producing countries across the world. The
paper reached in the conclusion raising some questions for further analysis in future. The
following schematic diagram illustrates the whole methodology of the research journal
article.
Search
online
Scholarly
article
Journals
Other
online
sources
Data
collection

Discussion
Research from various literatures and other sources as per the methodology produced
the result. As a result, various uses of GMO method has been discussed in the paper
thoroughly with examples. The genome of Bt corn has been modified and it can produce
poison for the insects that damages the corn crops and thus it acts as a pest resistant. GMO is
also used as virus resistance as in GM papaya which was developed at the Hawaii University
and it acts as a virus resistance just like the same way in which human influenza is resisted
with virus vaccination. In RoundupReady Soybean, GMO process is used as herbicide
tolerance. I golden rice, this process is engineered for the fortification purpose. Again, in
arctic apple it is used for cosmic preservation. This method is also used in AquAdvantage
salmon to increase the growth rate. The stakeholders, related to the GMO process include
local communities, global community, sovereign tribal nations, municipalities, biotechnology
firms, industry, politicians, non-governmental organizations, far workers and others from
multiple sectors and areas. Again, some non-human entities, such as environment and other
resources are also associated as stakeholder in the GMO process. There are various
government agencies that regulate GMo in the United States. A coordinator framework is
there that delegates the regulatory responsibilities to three different agencies and they are the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),
and the Food and Drug administration (FDA). The function of all these three agencies is
different and they look after different areas. The function of FDA is to evaluate the food
safety from the standpoint of the human consumption and again, USDA looks after all the
regulations of GMO which are related to the agricultural industry. The role of EPA is to
regulate all the environmental risks that can come out as a result of genetically engineered
crops. It is important to look after the environment for the benefit of the mankind as well as
the animals living the ecosystem. Each of the agencies works and interprets their existing
regulatory authority to look after the complexity of using the technology in the agriculture for
the benefit of human society. The article discussed the function of the agencies and also it
provided examples of some foods containing GMO and they include Alpo dry pet food, Ball
Park Franks, Ultra Slim fast, Heinz 2 baby Cereal, Bravos Tortilla Chips, Duncan Hines Cake
Mix, Morning Start Farms Better’n Burgers and many more. In the article, it has been clearly
indicated that USA is the largest producer of GMOs across the world and various other
countries are there that produces GMO which includes Brazil, Argentina, India, Canada,
China, Paraguay, South Africa, Uruguay and Bolivia sequentially.

Conclusion
The paper provided introduction and followed a methodology to research the topic
and discussed the result in brief. Finally the paper reached to its conclusion and stated the
relationship of food with the culture, environment, place as well as ethics of any country
around the world. It defines the characteristics and nature of the people of any country.
Science, along with other tools evolved the perception of the world and benefited the
mankind but, at the same time, there is debate on utilizing the GMO technique in genetic
engineering regarding its adverse effects. In this regard, the author of the research article
journal raised some valuable questions to determine the adverse effects o GMO on the
ecology system.
Critique paper
Scientific methods are evolving the world and agricultural industry. The main purpose
of the paper was to provide a clear idea about the main topic GMO along with its uses,
benefits and disadvantages if any. The paper was highly focussed to portray the detailed and
brief introduction about the methods of GMO and how it works. Along with that, a statistical
data regarding the usage of GMO in the crops of United States is provided in the paper. It
also stated some applications of GMO in the crops and its benefits in the mankind and
agricultural industry. The role of stakeholders in this regard is also identified but, when it was
about discussing the debate related to the adverse effects of GMO on the environment, the
paper did not provide any information however, it raised some questions on that. But, their
reliability has not been verified with proper research.
The research was carried out to establish the usefulness of GMO and its effects on the
human society as well as the environment. It clearly depicted how GMO is being used in the
agriculture and to produce the fact, the paper provided examples of some modifications in the
agricultural industry. The explanation with the use of example was helpful in finding the
effectiveness of GMO in the farming industry and identification of the benefits has also
become easier. In order to find the result, it used literature review as the main methodology of
the research process in the journal article. The methodology was helpful in finding strong
evidences to establish the fact about the main topic GMO. However, the exact method of
reviewing the literature has not been depicted in the paper. The use of any other scholar or
journal article or use of any particular online source has not been indicated by the author in
the paper.

The research in this article played a significant role in producing enough information
about the effectiveness of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) for the benefit of the
mankind. In this regard, the role of government is always significant. The paper provided
evidence about the role of government and how the government agencies work efficiently to
maintain and encounter the balance of GMO in the ecosystem. Therefore, the significance of
this research is quite high as it focuses on the advantages of GMO upon the farming industry
as well as on the human society.
This research helped to jot down many points regarding the effectiveness of GMO
and also helped in gaining the knowledge about the use of GMO in many countries
throughout the world. The examples of food containing GMO was also helpful in getting a
clearer idea about the topic. In this way, the paper was successful enough in providing the
applications of GMO in producing crops in farm which is used by the mankind. The author
was extremely focussed with the topic and clearly depicted how GMO is engineered in
various types of crops by the farmers for the benefit of it.
The author presented a fresh perspective about the topic in the paper. It opened a path of clear
insight about GMO and its effectiveness in the agriculture. It was easy to understand and the
evidences about the application of GMO were strong enough. The author presented some idea
about the role of government as stakeholders in this process but, the paper did not disclose
any role of the other stakeholders associated with the processes of GMO in the agriculture as
well as in the mankind.
In research papers, a clear introduction, methodology, analysis and discussion is provided
before reaching to the conclusion. Also, it creates an argument while discussing the topic
from the deeper insight (Heijman et al., 2015). Here, in this research journal article, the main
topic was GMO which is Genetically Modified Organisms and its usefulness, effectiveness
and controversies associated with the adverse effects of it on the environment and human
society. Although, the introduction about the topic was clear and précised but, in some areas,
the paper could not reach the desired efficiency. The paper raised questions about the
negative effects of GMO but it did not discuss anything about it in detail. Apart from that, the
methodology was not identified clearly in the paper. The role of other stakeholders has also
not been illustrated in the paper. Therefore, the paper would be appropriate if some more
information about the methodology would be provided. A further research to find out the
questions raised at the end of the paper is highly recommended.

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