Which of the following is a disadvantage of genetic engineering? may harm human health cannot create new organisms reduces the nutrition value of food increases the scarcity of food in the world which of the following technologies would best a farmer who wants to increase the crop production in his farm? cloning, because it can create identical copies of crops to increase the genetic diversity genetic engineering, because it increase the diversity of crops by making them stronger genetic engineering, because it crops grow larger and faster and resist diseases and insects cloning, because it can create genetically modified crops that can withstand severe weather conditions

a. Which of the following is a disadvantage of genetic engineering?

May harm human health

b. Which of the following technologies would best help a farmer who wants to increase the crop production in his farm?

Genetic engineering, because it helps increase the diversity of crops by making them stronger

Explanation:

Genetic engineering is a scientific and technological process whereby the genetic material ( genes or DNA) of a living organism such as plants or animal are modified.

Some advantages of genetic engineering includes:

a. For a farmer, genetic engineering can be used in modifying the seed of the crops he wants to plant such that the resulting crops would contain more nutrients, it could give the crop a more attractive colour or make it more stronger thereby causing the crops to be more diverse.

b. Genetic engineering allows for the abundance of foods and it prevents food scarcity.

One of the disadvantages of genetic engineering is that, the modification of the DNA of plants and animals could result in genetic mutations in these plants and animals and when they are consumed by human beings, it could also caused genetic mutations in the human body which can be very harmful. Some of these mutations are cancer, uneven growth of some essential organs in the body e.t.c.

the nitrogen cycle provides nitrogen to the ecosystem from the atmosphere, ground and oceans. nitrogen is an important component of complex molecules such as amino acids and nucleotides, which lead to the creation of proteins and dna, the building blocks of all life. plants absorb nitrogen in the form of ammonium, nitrate ion and, on rare occasions, as amino acids. animals receive nitrogen necessary for biological processes from feeding on living or dead organic matter.