An international development organization, in response to a vitamin A deficiency among people in the impoverished nation of Tagus, has engineered a new breed of millet high in vitamin A. While seeds for this new type of millet cost more, farmers will be p

In the passage,according to an international development organization there is a deficiency of vitamin A in people and to combat this deficiency,it has invented a new genetically engineered variety of millet.Subsidies would be provided to the farmers for cultivating this variety.Millet being the staple food in Tagus people will readily adopt this variety and there may be a reduction in vitamin A deficiency.however there are many loopholes in this proposed theory.

The organization before engineering a new breed of millet should first carry out a survey on a large scale to determine how many people are suffering from vitamin A deficiency.The passage doesn't provide any information regarding this.

Also it is clearly mentioned that Tagus is an impoverished nation therefore without proper estimation of the severity of the deficiency it wouldn't be economical to invest so much money into engineering a new variety.

The seeds of millet sold to farmers also cost more,even though subsidies are paid they are paid from the government funds itself.This will furthur increase the cost of production.

As the cost of production increases so will the price of millet sold to people.Millet being the staple food should cost a minimal amount so that it is available to all.High costs would furthur infuriate the people.this may also cause a great loss to the government and the organization.

To combat vitamin A deficiency the government should basically approach for simpler techniques which can be implemented on a large scale with less cost.Also they should try and analyze the basic cause for this deficiency and should directly attack the cause.