Before we even begin to think about genetically modified foods, let’s first try to understand if we have the technology and the resources that can successfully run such a project. GMO’s have become second nature in the western world that is more advanced in technology yet there are rising cases of health-related diseases although they have advanced technology.

We need to understand why GMOs are bad for us. It is applicable in the western world where they don’t have conducive weather for farming but what would we be doing producing GMO’s yet we have good weather and enough land?

The health consequences of eating GMO’s are largely unknown but scientists have proven that they are not safe to eat and may have unpredictable consequences. With all the chemicals used in growing GMO’s, it would be wrong not to worry about the effects these chemicals might cause to the digestive system. How these new strains of bacteria may affect our body systems’ balance is anybody’s guess.

Last year in Japan, a modified bacteria created a new amino acid not found in nature; it was used in protein drinks and before it was recalled it caused severe mental damage to hundreds as well as several deaths. Japan banned GMOs after this horrific experience. I imagine if such a thing happened in, for example, Rwanda; how long would it take to recall the products from supermarkets before several people are carrying bodies to Rusororo?

Besides, it is not like GMOs are an automatic answer to food security.

If we used chunks of land laying bare and put them to good use, we canbe able to export food to neighbouring countries. However, we just want to copy what the western world is doing without looking at the reasons as to why they do it.

Whether genetically modified foods are safe for human consumption will remain a controversial issue. Some scientists have found serious concerns about the safety of GMOs in laboratory animal studies. Inmany investigations about GMO-fed animals, there have been cases of underdeveloped organs, reproductive problems, accelerated aging and even death.

With their safety in doubt, some European, Asian, and African countries have banned GMOs to protect their farming systems and food supplies. The mere fact that there are people dying because of GMO is enough to do away with them. Why would we want these experimental seeds to remain in our food source without demanding to know the long-term, generational effects they may have on human health? Why would we want our children to be used as experiments for brand-new, laboratory-created proteins that have undergone genetic modification?

The bottom line is that GMO’s have not been proven to be safe, and most scientific studies tend to lean in that direction, which is why many of the world’s countries have banned these items whose DNA has been genetically engineing used as guinea pigs.