FOR （涉及经济、健康、环保、文化等原则）

1.       经济原则：Genetically modified (GM) food is a key area of agricultural biotechnology. Supporters of GM food believe the technology could offer cheaper, safer and more nutritious food.

2.       健康原则：Genetically modified food activists promise gene technology will supply plentiful amounts of food to starvation stricken areas in the Third World.

3.       健康原则：Genetically modified crops (transgenic crops) are best known for their abilities to resist pests (weeds, insects, and diseases) or for produce containing high nutrient levels.

4.       经济和健康原则：Transgenic crops may provide increased profits to the farmer while providing cheaper and more nutritious food.

5.       环保原则：Genetic engineering also has helped make crops available that could not otherwise tolerate adverse environmental conditions (drought, cold, high salt levels in the soils, etc.).

6.       经济、环保和健康原则Such crops are capable of resisting pests, generating higher yields, and producing food with high nutrient content. They are considered an effective means of dealing with pest problems while reducing production costs.

7.       经济原则：A possible benefit of transgenic crops or animals is that they can be bred for desirable traits very precisely and much faster than when traditional methods are used.

8.       健康原则：Certain transgenic crops (e.g., "golden rice" capable of synthesizing the precursor of Vitamin A) are capable of producing higher amounts of nutrients and vitamins, which could be have a great impact on solving nutrition problems in heavily populated and underdeveloped countries.

9.       文化原则：GMF technology provides us with a rich variety of foods that enrich our diet and may introduce new culture of eating and diverse cuisines.

10.   经济原则：According to its proponents, genetic engineering could improve the growth rate and yield from crops, and so feed more people from the available land, in the face of the expansion of the world's population.

11.   环保原则：It may be possible to develop genetically modified plants to be more resistant to the vagaries of climate, or to grow on marginal land prone to drought or erosion, or highly salt or acid conditions.

12.   健康原则：GM food increases the nutritional qualities of food from crops and animals.

13.   环保和健康原则：The environmental advantages of reducing chemical inputs to the land, the possibility of growing crops in hitherto marginal regions of the Third World, and the improvements in nutritional qualities of food are excellent goals, and would be welcomed by most people.