Biotechnology Throughout the years, millions of people have suffered from the shortage of food. According to Biotechnology Unzipped, "world population growth adds about 90 million new mouths to feed every year" and crop production has slowed due to insects, and damaged soil, and pollution (11...
Anuradha Mittal, the co-director of the Food First Institute, believes that due to the "high cost [biotech] seed, and the cost of other inputs that the farmers will have to use, the cost of cultivation will go up and so will the market price, ultimately subjecting more people to hunger and starvation."" ... Whitman writes that crop losses from insect pests can be staggering, resulting in overwhelming financial loss for farmers and starvation in developing countries. ...