Biotechnology has applications in agriculture, medicine, and industry based on applying scientific principles to processing materials with biological agents. It has led to improvements in crop yields and resistance, new medical treatments, and more sustainable industrial practices. The future of biotechnology is expected to further advance health, food production, and environmental applications over the next 30 years, but will also depend on public attitudes and governance of new technologies.

1. Biotechnology
Dr. Fariborz Ghadar
William A. Schreyer Chair of
Global Management, Policies and Planning; and
Director, Center for Global Business Studies
Pennsylvania State University
Email:
fghadar@ghadar.com
Web site: www.ghadar.com

2. Biotechnolo
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3. Biotechnolo
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4. Biotechnolog
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5. Biotechnolog
The Past, The Present,
y
and The Future.

6. Biotechnology

7. Biotechnology
Definition:
the application of scientific
and engineering principals
to the processing of
material by biological
agents to provide goods
and services.

8. The Outlook:

9. The Outlook:
Within the next 30 years, Biotechnology is believed to lead our
world into the next wave for health, primary production,
industrial, environmental, defense, and security applications.

11. Factors That Shape
Biotechnology
1. Demographic Changes
2. Environmental Sustainability
3. Unexpected High-Impact
Events

12. Factors That Shape
Biotechnology
1. Demographic Changes
2. Environmental Sustainability
3. Unexpected High-Impact
Events
AND...
Hidden Factors
1. Public Attitudes to Genetic
Modification
2. Governance Mechanisms
3. Capital Markets for Biotech

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14. What
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Past &
The Present

17. Past & The Present

18. Past & The Present
Agriculture

19. Past & The Present
Agriculture
Medical

20. Past & The Present
Agriculture
Medical
Industrial

21. Past & The Present
Agriculture
Medical
Industrial

22. 10 Years
Do you want me to
include a slide that
defines what GM
crops are, or is that
Agriculture
something you would
just explain? GM crops
Introduced to Farmers just over 10 years ago
Improves Crop Insect Resistance, Food Security
Now grown globally on over 90 million hectares
(5% of arable land)
Mainly Benefits Developing Countries due to
increase in effectiveness of agriculture.

23. 10 Years
Do you want me to
include a slide that
defines what GM
crops are, or is that
Agriculture
something you would
just explain? GM crops
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Introduced to Farmers just over 10 years ago
Improves Crop Insect Resistance, Food Security
Now grown globally on over 90 million hectares
(5% of arable land)
Mainly Benefits Developing Countries due to
increase in effectiveness of agriculture.
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24. Agriculture
enhances crop herbicide tolerance
facilitates environmentally sustainable farming practices.

25. Agriculture
enhances crop herbicide tolerance
facilitates environmentally sustainable farming practices.
-high crop yields with fewer inputs.

26. Agriculture
enhances crop herbicide tolerance
facilitates environmentally sustainable farming practices.
-high crop yields with fewer inputs.

27. Agriculture
enhances crop herbicide tolerance
facilitates environmentally sustainable farming practices.
-high crop yields with fewer inputs.
Henry Miller --
“Genetic Engineering offers plan
breeders the tools to make crops do
spectacular new things.”

28. Agriculture
-enhanced nutrient profiles and the need of fewer
applications of pesticides that allow farmers to reduce tilling
farmland.

29. Agriculture
Consumer Concerns on GM

30. Agriculture
Consumer Concerns on GM
-increasing need for scientists to discover new
knowledge and of developers to solve
problems related to healthcare and
environment
-what new businesses that will arise as a result
and how they will affect the industry.
-biotechnological developments modulated
by people’s values and beliefs.

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33. Past & The Present

34. Past & The Present
Agriculture

35. Past & The Present
Agriculture
Medical

36. Past & The Present
Agriculture
Medical
Industrial

37. Past & The Present
Agriculture
Medical
Industrial

40. What’s Will
Eventually Happen?

41. What’s Will
Eventually Happen?
The Future