Spreading Green Revolution biotechnology around the world will be extremely effective at reducing food insecurity.

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Pro: Genetic modification can create new crop varieties that produce larger harvests than regular crops. This would help farmers to easily produce large amounts of food.

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Con: Crop varieties that resist diseases, which are part of the Green Revolution, can often cause long-term harms to food security.

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Pro: Developing crop strains with greater nutritional value will make farmers' lives easier, as they would not have to produce as much.

Will the world face a major food insecurity crisis by 2050?

Spreading Green Revolution biotechnology around the world will be extremely effective at reducing food insecurity.

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Cons

Genetic modification can create new crop varieties that produce larger harvests than regular crops. This would help farmers to easily produce large amounts of food.

Developing crop strains with greater nutritional value will make farmers' lives easier, as they would not have to produce as much.

Crop varieties that resist diseases, which are part of the Green Revolution, can often cause long-term harms to food security.

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Spreading Green Revolution biotechnology around the world will be extremely effective at reducing food insecurity.

Pro claim 1

Genetic modification can create new crop varieties that produce larger harvests than regular crops. This would help farmers to easily produce large amounts of food.

Pro claim 2

Developing crop strains with greater nutritional value will make farmers' lives easier, as they would not have to produce as much.

Con claim 1, children below

Crop varieties that resist diseases, which are part of the Green Revolution, can often cause long-term harms to food security.