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Modern Technology always improves the quality of people's lives, one example would be the advent of Genetically Modified (GM) food. Firstly, GM food has helped to solve the problem of malnutrition in many countries. From South Africa to India and Thailand, with intensive research throughout the years, scientists gave came up with the idea of GM food which involves cross-breeding the genes of plants to achieve a desirable species. An example of which would be Super Rice, which is rich in beta-carotene. As a result, it provides people living in these poor areas with more nutrition in their diet and hence, combating the problems of malnutrition which invariably leads to an improvement in the people's quality of lives.

Secondly, GM food also help improve the quality of lives of everyone as a whole- from the producers to the consumers. GM food crops can be altered to become more pest resistant. an example would be the Bt corn. Engineered to produce the bacterial toxin, Bt, "Bt corn" resists attack by corn rootworm, a pest that feeds on roots and can cause annual losses of up to $1 billion. Besides merely protecting against these losses, the Bt trait has also boosted corn yields. This has resulted in more crops for farmers and sustaining their livelihood. As a result, people in the area would also have much more food throughout the year and hence, improving the lives of the people as a whole.



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