In the journal, Technology Won't Feed the World's Hungry, by Anuradha Mittal he speaks about the advances western civilizations have made with bioengineered food. However the truth is, the people that were meant to use these bioengineered foods want nothing to do with them. The people of the third world countries are expected to want to use these foods, but they are unable to. Mittal mentions the problem with most third world countries is not they don't have enough food, but that they can not afford to purchase these foods. We learn that farmers throw away a large amount of their crops each year simply because the people cant afford to buy them. This journal focusses mentions how although bioengineered foods can be a good things people are wasting their time inventing things, instead of really looking at the needs of the people in the third world countries.
In my opinion I agree with the opinion of the author of this ariticle in the sense that many people attempt to create things to make people's live's easier, but in turn they rarely consider the actual preferences or needs of the people. I know that many rich people in western civilizations thought it would be a good idea to help some third world countires by "helping them unlock the potential of biotechnology." Many farmers however in third world are focused on producing not only higher yields, but food of great nutrional value. Therefore, I can understand why they are not as accepting of this bioengineered foods. They have no proof of the healthiness of this food, and like ourselves we probably want real food as well. After reading this journal I feel like people in third world countries would appreciate it more if we made food available for them. Many people have the food to provide for their countries, but the people aren't coming to purchase it. However, this does not seem to open up their acceptance to the bioengineered foods. Another issue that we must think of is the majority of the people in those third wheel countries can barely afford to buy two meals a day if that. However, this bioengineered foods are rich in certain vitamins and nutrients, but how can people afford these bioengineered crops. I liked this article because it showed that even thought there are good intentions to help people, the key thing to remember is the people.
