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On balance, the benefits of genetically modified foods outweigh the harms.

To further clarify the resolution we offer the following definitions:
Genetically modified foods- Genetically modified foods (or GM foods) are
foods produced from organisms that have had specific changes introduced
into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering. For example, if
there is a gene in a plant that makes it resilient to droughts, that gene can
be taken and put into another plant. These genetic modifications create
genetically modified foods which are enhanced for the qualities that people
want.
Greenhouse gases- A greenhouse gas (sometimes abbreviated GHG)
is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within
the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause
of the greenhouse effect. GHG gases are the leading factor that
causes global warming.

GM foods are resilient. Foods can be engineered to grow, and even thrive, in
otherwise desolate climates and parts of the world. This is an invaluable
benefit to third world nations, societies suffering from drought, and cold
regions of the world where crops do not easily grow. The benefit of
promoting human life by feeding people, not only ending third-world
hunger but world hunger in general, basically outweighs anything
else.

Sub A. Increased food production

The need to protect crops from ruin grows more vital every day. By 2050,
farmers must produce 40% more food to feed an estimated 9 billion people
on the planet.
By the application of GM foods we will meet the shortcomings in the
productivity of the present time so that the future world is secure and safe
regarding food.
Specifically, genetically modified fish has the potential to massively
increase seafood production, generating food for millions. By
genetically modifying salmon, it makes the salmons growth cycle continuous

rather than seasonal. As a result, the salmon grows to a hjmmarketable size

in 18 months instead of 3 years.
Moreover, every year, hundreds of thousands of children die due to
vitamin A deficiency, and many more go blind. Careful research has shown
that vitamin A supplementation prevents death and blindness. Golden Rice, a
GMO, does just that. (PressHerald, 2014)

Contention 2- Reduced environmental damage

The second set of benefits from GM crops

stem from their role in reducing environmental
damage.
Sub point A-

Increasing yields from a given planting reduces pressure to clear

forests to find more area to grow crops.
GMO seeds can avoid deforestation in the Amazon, says scientist
June 25, 2013 | Author agrosouthadm
GMOS Prevent deforestation
According to biologist Marcos Buck ridge, genetically modified organisms can
be the solution to increase the agricultural productivity and, therefore,
diminish the Amazons deforestation. GMOs can be the key for a rapid
action. The technologies must be used to supply food. And will be used in
Brazil, defended the professor, who lectures at the University of So Paulo.
In the Brazilian Amazon, land fields are being used to plant sugar cane and
soybeans. This is a controversial point, but the use of GMO seeds in the
agricultural areas of Brazil benefits the Amazon because it has smaller
impact, explained Buck ridge to reporters. Also according to him, genetically
modified seeds can control caterpillars and improve the performance during
droughts. The biologist, on the other hand, admitted that there is a large
bureaucracy in Brazil for the approval of GMOS.

SUB POINT B -GM crops require less chemical pesticides to grow.

Third, GM crops require less intensive tilling and such tiling reductions reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
GM crops contribute to reducing GHG emissions via two principal sources:
GM crops contribute to a reduction in fuel use from less frequent herbicide or
insecticide applications and a reduction in the energy use in soil cultivation.
For example, Lazarus (2012) estimated that one pesticide spray application
uses 0.84 liters of fuel, which is equivalent to 2.24 kg/ha of carbon dioxide
emissions. In the Brookes and Bare foot (2014, a report published by PG
Economics) analysis, the conservative assumption that only GM insectresistant crops (GM IR) reduced (insecticide) spray applications is used with
the use of GM herbicide-tolerant crops (GM HT) assumed to result in no
change in the number/frequency of (herbicide) spray runs. In addition to the
reduction in the number of insecticide applications, there has been a shift
from conventional tillage to no/reduced tillage facilitated by GM HT
technology.
Sub point C- Significant impact on climate change
But these impacts of GM varieties have significant impact on climate
change. Increases in yields suggest fewer amounts of land, as well as
fertilizer and other chemicals are required for agricultural production.
Reduction of land requirements for agriculture slows the process of
deforestation and the immense emission of greenhouse gases associated
with it. Agricultural fertilizers, as well as irrigation and other chemicals, are
very energy intensive and reduction of its use due to GMOs also reduces
greenhouse gas emissions. The land use saving effect of GM varieties is
estimated to have the equivalent effect of taking between 800,000-9 million
passenger cars off of the road. We figure that the adoption of Bt cotton in the
US saves the equivalent of carbon emission