Which statement best describes a positive environmental impact of agricultural biotechnology?

• A. By Producing Crops That Are Virus Resistant.
• B. By Reducing the Need for Countries to Import Food.
• C. By Increasing the Use of Wind Farms That Produce Electricity.
• D. By Making Robots to Replace Large Farm Machines.

Answer: (B)

Biotechnology in agriculture can make crops grow more produce and be more resilient, which can reduce the environmental footprint by supporting more food to be produced locally. When a country can rely less on importing food because biotech improvements boost domestic production, energy and emissions used to transport, refrigerate, and distribute that food are lowered. That transportation and processing impact is a major environmental benefit of using agricultural biotechnology.

The other ideas involve either a trait for disease resistance in crops or technologies unrelated to biotechnology in farming, such as wind energy or robotics. While virus-resistant crops are indeed helpful, the statement about reduced imports best captures a broad environmental advantage tied to growing more food domestically through biotech.