Genetically Modified Food

Paper Summary:

This paper examines the assumption that the gene revolution--represented by the integration of genetic engineering techniques into the field of agriculture--is capable of positively affecting the current human population crisis. The study examines this very ideological assumption that has not largely been challenged in the popular or critical literature on the subject. It then attacks that assumption and illustrates its erroneous base.

Table of Contents:
Chapter One: Introduction and Statement of Problem
1.1 Statement of Problem
1.2 Purpose of the Study
1.3 Importance of the Study
1.4 Scope of the Study
1.5 Rationale of the Study
1.6 Definition of Terms
1.7 Overview of the Study
Chapter Two: Literature Review
2.1 Scope of the Literature Review
2.2 Intensification of Production is Favourable
2.3 Intensification of Production is Unfavourable
Chapter Three: Methodology
3.1 Approach
3.2 Data Gathering Method
3.3 Database of Study
3.4 Validity of Study
3.5 Originality and Limitations
Chapter Four: Data Analysis
Chapter Five: Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations

From the Paper:

"In order to fully examine that relationship, it was necessary to critically examine literature, statistics, and historical examples that might shed some light on the relationship that exist between food production and population growth. Additionally, studies were consulted that spoke to the capacity for genetically modified foods to increase agricultural production. In all, the range of information required for this study was significant and at times may have appeared to stray beyond the limited scope of genetically modified food. However, in order to demonstrate the manner by which genetically modified food would have its greatest negative impact upon human societies, it was essential to take a broader look at the role that genetically modified foods have played in the intense push to intensify agricultural production year after year in order to presumably keep up with geometric population growth by always generating more food than is needed."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Brunna, B. (2000). Time Almanac 2001. Boston, MA: Family Education Company.
• Conko, G. (2003, Spring). The benefits of biotech: as the world's population grows, environmental stewardship will require science to find ways to produce more food on less land. Regulation, 26(1), pp. 20-25.
• Durham, D.F. and Fandrem, J.C. (1988, Winter). The food "surplus": a staple illusion of economics; a cruel illusion for populations. Population and Environment, 10(2). Retrieved February 15, 2006, from http://dieoff.org/page115.htm
• Evans, L.T. (1998). Feeding the Ten Billion: Plants and Population Growth. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
• FAO. (2004). The ethics of sustainable agricultural intensification. FAO Ethics Series. Rome, Italy: FAO.

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