BIOTECHNOLOGY
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Jobs created
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Farmers have resistant crops
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Healthier animals
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All of the choices benefic NC.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The sector generates $56.4 billion in annual economic activity and provides 132, 500 jobs. The state is No. 5 in research, testing and medical labs, a sector that generates $13.7 billion in economic activity and supports more than 75, 000 jobs.
Detailed explanation-2: -The development of agricultural biotechnology offers the opportunity to increase crop production, lower farming costs, improve food quality and safety, and enhance environmental quality.
Detailed explanation-3: -North Carolina’s biotechnology industry runs deep and wide, with specialties ranging from pharmaceutical manufacturing and health informatics to crop genetic engineering.
Detailed explanation-4: -Uses include animal vac-cines, growth hormones, antibiotics, fertil-ity applications, characterization of crop traits, feed additives and many other appli-cations. (How biotechnology tools are used to improve feed additives is described more extensively on page 8.)