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In 1921; discovery of insulin at the University of Toronto by Banting, Best, Collip and MacLeod.
 
 

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There seems to be unlimited for African experts to plunge into gene revolution especially if appropriate mechanisms are put in place by the governments, private sector and other donors.

 

 
 
 
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Already, crop biotechnology benefits society by allowing farmers to grow high quality food more efficiently, with more consistent yield and with reduced environmental impact. On this section you will know that that there are a large number of beneficial applications still in development. Some of these would be difficult to achieve using available "conventional" breeding techniques, others would be impossible to
accomplish in any way other than genetic modification. As with any development process, not all of these will come to fruition, but we believe many will.

Another thing with Genetically modified foods is that no matter how much critics has argued on it, it still remains the best alternative to hunger. Genetically modified foods on farms are generally pest resistance this is special ability that could save the farmer lots of fortune and time. Also nutritionists have confirmed the fact that Genetically modified foods carries about thrice the nutritional contents as found on normal crops. Below is a chart illustrating the nutritional content of maize compared to ordinarily produced once.  (The nutrients are plotted on the vertical)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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