What are the implications of CRISPR technology in food production? Will the technology exacerbate the polarization within consumers as it happened with GMOs? Who owns the intellectual property of CRISPR technology?
clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats(CRISPR) is a family of DNA sequences found in the genomes of prokaryotic organisms such as bacteria and archaea (CRISPR )s a technology that can be used to edit genes and, as such, will likely change the world. CRISPR is a technology that can be used to edit genes and, as such, will likely change the world. With an ever-growing CRISPR can resist diseases and pests, withstand global warming, and offer better nutrition. The emergence of this technology offers a crucial opportunity for renewed public engagement around crop engineering. In order to actualize the potential of CRISPR-edited food, we must work together to create and share strategies for productive dialogue. This article identifies one area of necessary improvement in communication and public engagement. Genetically modified (GM) technology is a highly controversial topic for today’s global food consumer. The commercial development of GM crops began in 1996 with GM corn and has expanded every year with the cultivation of GM crops. CRISPR has also been adapted to do other things too, such as turning genes on or off without altering their sequence.
The risk involved in this technology or gene editing is significantly lower than most GM crops becoz most Edits alter only a few nucleotides producing changes similar to those naturally occuring in a plant species
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