The news article used for the 11/7 news in food assignment is called "Facing Climate Change Tanzania Can't Afford to Fear GM Crops" written by Megan Molteni.
The article talks about how Africa has been heavily affected by the climate change problem the modern world faces. High temperatures and devastating droughts have brought hardship to Africans trying to find food and water. Earlier this year, scientists hoped to help reduce the food shortage by introducing a GMO crop, specifically a drought-resistance white corn hybrid. While not the first GMO to be used in Africa, it will hopefully pave the way of using more GMOs to bring a stronger flow of food to those who are hungry. You'd think with all the great benefits that GMOs have, why aren't they more widely used? As the article "How Square Watermelons Get Their Shape" illustrates, there are a multitude of misconceptions and false information floating around about GMOs that may make people uneasy or even fearful of the idea of using these crops. However, the need for a stable food source throughout the world is indisputable. Hertsgaard in "How To Feed the World After Climate Change" argues that with the deteriorating climate leading to impaired crop growth paired with the exponential increasing number of mouths to feed, crops with GMOs such as heat- and drought-resistant properties are what's needed to help solve the food demand problem. A few African countries are already taking a step in the right direction to restoring crops destroyed by the harsh climate.
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