Pros and cons of biotechnology agriculture and how did it impact north carolina

Three of North Carolina’s largest traditional industries – tobacco, textiles and furniture – were declining as they were offshored to countries with cheaper labor. The state needed a new industry to help replace those lost jobs.

North Carolina’s leaders realized that genetic engineering and other new technologies coming out of bioscience research labs had enormous potential. They also knew that North Carolina’s largest industries – especially agriculture and medicine – were the very ones that the technology could transform.

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the correct answer is c   with the systems