Biotechnology
What is Biotechnology?
● It is using organism to our
advantage
● It is for developing / creating
different products
● It also help improve our lives and
health
Examples of biotechnology
● Millions of farmers around the world use
agricultural biotechnology.
● Manufacturing like fermentation and joining of
bio catalysts.
● Antibiotics and vaccines are products of
microorganisms that are used to treat disease.
Use of biotechnology
● They can be applied to:
●
○ Food
○ Health and Medicine
○ Crops/Plants
○ Environmental things
This can help us with more other
things.
The Benefit of Biotechnology
● Aiding in growing more food on less land thus
enhanced productivity and efficiency gains.
● Farmers spend less time in the fields and more time
on social activities.
● Farmer save on the cost usually paid for ploughing,
weeding, and spraying pesticides.
● More food available to feed the growing world
population.
Disadvantages of biotechnology
● They may transfer genetic material
into natural
● This may cause the plants to be more
but does not benefit the other group
of organism
● For instinct, a herbicide resistant
could transfer the traits to a weed.
Is Biotechnology good ?
● Yes, because…
● It still bad but…
● But still we can…
● So in conclusion...
References
https://www.ntnu.edu/ibt/about-us/what-is-biotechnology
https://www.bio.org/what-biotechnology
https://futureoflife.org/background/benefits-risks-biotechnology/?cn-reloaded=1
https://vittana.org/11-biotechnology-pros-and-cons
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-communic-vpd.htm
https://www.bio.org/advocacy/letters/agricultural-biotechnology-benefits-farmers-and-environment
https://sciencing.com/disadvantages-biotechnology-8590679.html
https://croplife.org/plant-biotechnology/benefits-2/
https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1206-modern-biotechnology
http://www.softschools.com/examples/science/biotechnology_examples/450/
https://www.uk-cpi.com/blog/10-everyday-uses-of-biotechnology