CAIE A-Level Biology A2 19.3.1 Genetic Engineering Solving Food Demand Questions

Evaluate how genetically engineered traits can solve food-demand pressures by improving yield, nutrition, resistance or environmental tolerance in Cambridge A Level Biology…

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Evaluate how genetic engineering can increase food production, linking modified traits to yield, nutrition, resistance or environmental conditions.

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Fig. 5.1 shows the area of land that was used to grow genetically modified (GM) crops in the USA, Brazil, India and China from 2004 to 2015.

Fig. 5.1

Genetic modifications in crops can provide resistance to insect pests. Bt maize is one type of GM crop that has been produced to be resistant to insect pests.

State two benefits to farmers of insect resistance in crops.

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