Biotechnology is biology’s fastest growing discipline prompted by the ever-increasing demand for food and fuel in a cleaner and greener environment.

In general, biotechnology encompasses a wide array of technologies that use living systems to produce useful products and services.

Integrating biotechnology into the agricultural system is critical to better use limited resources, increase agricultural yields and decrease the detrimental effects of using pesticides and chemical fertilisers.

Agricultural biotechnology is a field of agricultural science which uses cell and molecular biology tools to improve genetic makeup and agronomic management of crops and animals.