Effects of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) on sustainable agricultural and aquaculture production for rural development

Gokhan Arslan, Nicoleta Anca Sutan and Telat Yanik
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Gokhan Arslan: Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Nicoleta Anca Sutan: Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Telat Yanik: Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey

Journal of Applied and Physical Sciences, 2019, vol. 5, issue 2, 60-66

Abstract: Poverty, unemployment, lack of land, etc., are the most common problems in rural areas. Agriculture, by its nature, has a multi-functional role and is resourceful to operate within the environmental, social and economic dimensions. Various types of aquaculture are an important component of the development of agricultural systems. These will help reduce food scarcity, hunger, and deprivation by providing high nutritious value food, jobs, and employment growth, increasing the potential for monoculture failure, enhancing water quality, enhancing aquatic resource management, and sustainable farming. Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) provide an opportunity to overcome the constraints on food availability and accessibility, particularly in underdeveloped countries and those areas considered infertile, inappropriate and/or unprofitable for arable farming. In addition, GMOs modified for input characteristics (e.g., herbicide or insect resistance crops, disease resistance fish), Genetically Modified (GM) crops with improved nutritional characteristics (e.g., higher levels of beta-carotene, vitamin A precursor) and GMOs modified tolerate environmental stress (e.g., drought, cold and/or salinity) may be successfully adopted in the interest of subsisting agricultural systems. In this analysis, which is focused on general aspects of rural development, knowledge extracted from various sources is addressed.

Keywords: GMO; Rural development; Aquatic agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.20474/japs-5.2.3

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