Level of hunger remains at ‘alarming levels’

63rd ranking in Global Hunger Index

Social inequality and the low nutritional, educational, and social status of women are major causes of child under-nutrition

highest prevalence of children under five who are underweight, at more than 40 per cent

Although I work hard I am not able to feed my family due to my economic and increase in population and I am not able to get the food to feed my family DON’T KNOW WHAT TODO?

A stream of biotechnology which deals with the manipulation of genetic material by man invitro

Most successful in plants than animals

Genetically enhanced using modern biotechnology to carry one or more beneficial new traits

Latest r-DNA technology or genetic engineering involves transfer one or more gene i.e.., DNA fragment from one plant to another

Plant in which a foreign gene have been introduced is called TRANSGENIC PLANT

I will explain what is GM only you give me 10/-

See I lost my shelf life how can I improve my shelf life ?

Look at me they are making transgenic tomato so that I can improve my shelf life. WOW!!! So excited

Eat me! I have good starch content in me. If you don’t eat just watch!!!!

Eat me I have amylopectin starch that is converted to waxy potato starch

TRANSGENIC RICE

Eat me I will give you carbohydrate content

If you eat me I will give you more beta carotene than the original one

Hi I am back again. I will be more sweeter than the original corn and have more enzymes which improves your body metabolism and also exhibit different colors which will make you to eat

CROP PERCENT MODIFIED IN WORLD

ALFALFA -

CANOLA/RAPESEED 21%

CORN 26%

COTTON 49%

PAPAYA -

POTATO 0%

RICE -

SOY BEANS 77%

SUGARCANE 0%

TOMATOES Small quantities in China

WHEAT UNKNOWN

More tolerant to abiotic stress

Reduce reliance on chemical pesticides

Reduce post harvest looses and increase mineral efficiency

Enhance nutritional value

India needs GM crops

So lets join hands together and bring a zero hunger to our country by cultivating GM crops by doing the proper evaluation and making the negative positive

LETS HAVE A ZERO HUNGER CHALLENGE TO OUR COUNTRY