The risks are often overlooked. Risks are also often evaluated without consideration of the broader context.
The health, environmental, and economic risks are presented in the context of modern agriculture. Misattribution of unique risks to GM crops are discussed. It is concluded that the scale of modern agriculture is its distinguishing characteristic and that the greater knowledge around GE crops allows for a more thorough characterization of risk. By considering the benefits and risks in the context of modern agriculture, society will be better served and benefits will be less likely to be forgone.
Who’s at Risk?
- Approximately 2,050,000 full-time workers were employed in production agriculture in the US in 2017.
- Approximately 1.4 to 2.1 million hired crop workers are employed annually on crop farms in the US.
- An estimated 893,000 youth under 20 years of age resided on farms in 2014, with about 454,000 youth performing farm work. In addition to the youth who live on farms, an estimated 266,000 youth were hired to work on US farms in 2014.
KNL Ecosystem is creating a platform where each member of agriculture will be able to find a job. KNL develops a unique platform that gives an opportunity to digitize crop assets, real estate, and other property. This will allow to exercise the exchange trading of them directly on our platform for income or use tokenized funds as collateral for a loan.