BIO-TECHNOLOGY
.BiotechnologyBiotechnology or or biotechbiotech is the use of living systems and organisms to is the use of living systems and organisms to
develop or make useful products, or "any technological application that develop or make useful products, or "any technological application that
uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives there of, to make uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives there of, to make
or modify products or processes for specific use UN Convention on or modify products or processes for specific use UN Convention on
Biological Diversity .For thousands of years, humankind has used Biological Diversity .For thousands of years, humankind has used
biotechnology in agriculture, food production and medicine.biotechnology in agriculture, food production and medicine.
Biotechnology has applications in four major industrial areas, including Biotechnology has applications in four major industrial areas, including
health care (medical), crop production and agriculture, non foodhealth care (medical), crop production and agriculture, non food
(industrial) uses of crops and other products.(industrial) uses of crops and other products.
(e.g. (e.g. biodegradable plasticsbiodegradable plastics, , vegetable oilvegetable oil, , biofuelsbiofuels))
Biotechnology also draws on the pure biological sciences (Biotechnology also draws on the pure biological sciences (geneticsgenetics, ,
microbiologymicrobiology, , animal cell cultureanimal cell culture, , molecular biologymolecular biology, , biochemistrybiochemistry, ,
embryologyembryology, , cell biologycell biology))