Industrial Engineering = Productivity - Efficiency - Cost Reduction
What is Biotechnology and What are its Benefits?
Introduction
The utilization of biological processes, organisms or systems to produce products that are anticipated to improve human lives is termed biotechnology. Broadly, this can be defined as the engineering of organisms for the purpose of human usage. It can also be defined as the skill set required for the utilization of living systems or the influencing of natural processes so as to produce products, systems or environments to help human development.
Currently biotechnology places more emphasis on the establishment of hybrid genes followed by their transfer into organisms in which some, or all, of the gene is not usually present.
Previous forms of biotechnology include the training and selective breeding of animals, the cultivation of crops and the utilization of micro-organisms to produce products such as cheese, yogurt, bread, beer and wine.
https://iopscience.iop.org/book/978-0-7503-1299-8/chapter/bk978-0-7503-1299-8ch1
Agricultural Biotechnology
1. What is Agricultural Biotechnology?
Agricultural biotechnology is a range of tools, including traditional breeding techniques, that alter living organisms, or parts of organisms, to make or modify products; improve plants or animals; or develop microorganisms for specific agricultural uses. Modern biotechnology today includes the tools of genetic engineering.
2. How is Agricultural Biotechnology being used?
Biotechnology provides farmers with tools that can make production cheaper and more manageable. For example, some biotechnology crops can be engineered to tolerate specific herbicides, which make weed control simpler and more efficient. Other crops have been engineered to be resistant to specific plant diseases and insect pests, which can make pest control more reliable and effective, and/or can decrease the use of synthetic pesticides.
3. What are the benefits of Agricultural Biotechnology?
The application of biotechnology in agriculture has resulted in benefits to farmers, producers, and consumers. Biotechnology has helped to make both insect pest control and weed management safer and easier while safeguarding crops against disease.
https://www.usda.gov/topics/biotechnology/biotechnology-frequently-asked-questions-faqs
Chapter PDF - Agricultural Biotechnology: Engineering Plants for Improved Productivity and Quality
January 2018
DOI:10.1016/B978-0-12-815870-8.00006-1
In book: Omics Technology and Bio-engineering (pp.89-106)Chapter: Agricultural Biotechnology: Engineering Plants for Improved Productivity and QualityPublisher: Elsevier
1st Edition
Biotechnology to Enhance Sugarcane Productivity and Stress Tolerance
Edited By Kalpana Sengar
ISBN 9781032095820
Published June 30, 2021 by CRC Press
314 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
https://www.routledge.com/Biotechnology-to-Enhance-Sugarcane-Productivity-and-Stress-Tolerance/Sengar/p/book/9781032095820
Corn Productivity: The Role of Management and Biotechnology
WRITTEN BY
Jean-Paul Chavas and Paul D. Mitchell
Published: November 5th, 2018
DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.77054
https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/61809
How could biotechnology improve your life?
25 Feb 2013
Sang Yup Lee
Distinguished Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2013/02/how-could-biotechnology-improve-your-life/
Resources Publications Pocket K Biotechnology for the Livestock Industry
Pocket K No. 40: Biotechnology for the Livestock Industry
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 2008 estimate shows that meat consumption has grown with increase in population. The average global per capita meat consumption is 42.1 kg/year with 82.9 kg/year in developed and 31.1 kg/year in developing countries in a recommended daily animal-sourced protein per capita of 50 kg per year2. Milk on the other hand is consumed in various forms: liquid, cheese, powder, and cream at a global per capita consumption of 108 kg per person per year which is way below the FAO recommended daily consumption of 200 kg.
Biotechnology
Biomanufacturing (Biotechnology) Productivity
Productivity in Biomanufacturing
Researchers are examining the possibility of taking advantage of the natural differences in productivity among cells that are used in biomanufacturing. They foster mutations to create genetic variability and then use microchips to analyze the behavior of individual cells, choosing the most prolific for larger-scale production.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/424695/why-is-biomanufacturing-so-hard/
Enzymatic corn wet milling: engineering process and cost model
Edna C Ramírez (1), David B Johnston, Andrew J McAloon and Vijay Singh
1 United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Services, Eastern Regional Research Center, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA
Biotechnology for Biofuels 2009, 2:2 doi:10.1186/1754-6834-2-2
Published: 21 January 2009
http://www.biotechnologyforbiofuels.com/content/2/1/2
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