In the past few years, agricultural biotechnology has progressed
in leaps and bounds. It started with the commercial success of
“Golden Rice”- a genetically modified crop, aimed to provide
better “Vitamin-A” nutrition to those populations that suffer
from Vitamin- A deficiency. After Golden Rice came the Indian
invention- Bt. Cotton. This cotton crop could reduce the damage
caused by Bollworm, by causing an adverse effect on the insects
that feed on it. It therefore helped in increasing yield by
decreasing the damage. The other commercial GM crops were
namely, “Flavr Savr” Tomatoes, Bt. Brinjal and many more, each
aiming at either increasing yield or reducing spoilage.
Biotechnologists in recent years have come up with a new
concept, enhancing the idea behind “Golden Rice”. This new
concept is about Food Vaccines. The difference here lies, that
crops like “golden rice” provided extra nutrition that naturally
didn’t occur in it. But food vaccines are GM crops that would
provide extra added “immunity” from cert