Benefits of Biotechnology are as discussed below:
1. Used to make products more useful or desirable e.g. conversion of milk into cheese or yogurt.
2. Must keep the cost of improving products as low as possible.
3. Biotech results in greater efficiency.
• Inoculating legume seeds with rhizobium bacteria saves the producer the cost of applying N fertilizer.
• Results in trees that grow faster and produce wood that is more desirable.
4. Greater Production.
? Increases yields e.g. bST use in cows to produce more milk.
? Higher crop yields from drought, disease & insect resistant crops.
5. Promotes production of health Promoting Foods.
? Food with unique traits.
? Some contain therapeutics.
? Some designed with nutrient enrichment.
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