Republic of the Philippines

Pangasinan State University

Infanta Campus
Infanta, Pangasinan

I_GEC6(SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY)

BSE-II

Name: Ruel R. Mascariña

Instructor: Erwin Ortiz

GMO OF RICE(GOLDEN RICE) IN THE

PHILIPPINES
Golden Rice, left, contains beta carotene, the same vitamin A precursor that
makes carrots orange.
Desirable characteristic / trait modified to enhance it:

 Verily, in view of fact that a breed of rice genetically innovated to strife vitamin A
inadequacy has intromitted acquiescence from those knob of regulator in the Philippines.
Frankly, it is the first genetically modified organism (GMO) blueprint to combat a public
health issue to get a green light from food safety officials in the developing world.
Hereof two added genes turn rice golden, one from maize and one from a soil bacterium.
Repeatedly, Golden rice is a genetically originated in a variety of rice (Oryza sativa)
which is has been modified by inserting a gene from maize and a gene from bacteria
found in soil which allows the plant to biosynthesize beta-carotene in the edible parts
of rice. Due to application, research and assessment under their direction, rice grains
produce beta carotene, the vitamin A precursor that makes carrots and sweet potatoes
orange. Lastly, a third bacterial gene serves as a traceable marker.

Those traits modified to apply this acquired farmers, unskilled workers, and general
citizens in poor countries have much to gain from adopting GM varieties of rice in terms
of income. The technology may also play a large role in the global effort to fight Vitamin
A Deficiency in poor countries. However, the costs needed to make Golden Rice amount
to expenditures for research, breeding, dissemination and public awareness.

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Societal Impacts (negative and positive)

Adoptions of application in Golden Rice are widely contended from its effect or by
itself societal impact. The main purpose of this antecedent were focused to provide up to
may increase antibiotic resistance, else ways to take risks include potential allergies or
antibiotic resistance, because of their altered DNA especially for without consumer’s
knowledge.

This genetically engineering or a kind of modified organism have an immense

impact in our society; first its environmental impact, scientifically, the brine
involvement is the conceivability of a genetically modified crop becoming a weed, but
weeds are more of an agricultural problem rather than an environmental one, have need
of acceptable beadledom enactment in the field to be trade in with. Here often most
indispensably, GM crop production have need of pesticides and fertilizers. In additional,
another menace of the GMO technology is that transgenes furtherance the ply of
monocultures, consequently banish heterogeneity from rice grains, and some point of
view , the quirk is has the characteristics allowing it to be easy to preserve the
traditional genes of rice. Upon to research , there is no any momentum where Provitamin
A enriched grains of Golden Rice could cause bad benefits to the environment or human
health.:Second, a factor deals with social impact, the dominance treat of the
tenability of rice rendering is that while it sent out as essential crop, without other
predominant nutrients.  Beyond poverty-stricken areas, rice is a noteworthy proportion
of the starvation, malnutrition may be rife. Thereof,  dietary nutrient dearth can have
negative effects, specifically to children, weaken their immune system and normal
development, causing disease and definitively death.: Third, absolutely this production in
relevant to economics impact, by existing while widen economic benefits to be
collected by countries that adopt Golden Rice. Candidly, GM davit the equip to strife
malnourishment, and concede to a poor people a better public health to be feel healthier
and live longer. Straightforwardly, out lay less on medical care could also elevate
untrained labor capabilities . Forthrightly, Golden Rice could be inflated national
protection, and succor to deaden poverty in the countries inclined to embrace it to be
amplify its national GDP in Philippine country. Genetically modified (GM) crops are
calculated to swell farmer propriety by increasing productivity, but to also improve the
attributes of products, such as but up the nutritional content, enhance durability, and
greater processing quality of products. Therefore farmers could brought Golden Rice at a
higher price than traditional varieties because of consumers sagacity of a finer quality
and quantity of food product.

Ergo, The GDP ameliorate from Golden Rice can make developing countries in
sustainable controller, inducing specially in Asian countries more prosperous, and lead
beyond it to increase demand for exports from the rest of the world. Golden rice, takes a
golden stuff !!!.

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