Biotechnology provides farmers with tools that can make production very cheaper and manageable. For example, biotechnology crops can be engineered to tolerate specific herbicides, which make weed control simpler and more efficient. These crop production options could help countries keep pace with demand for food while reducing production cost. Many other types of plants are now in the research and development stage. Though it is not possible to know exactly which will come to fruition, certainly biotechnology will have highly varied uses for agriculture in the future. Developers are using biotechnology to increase nutrients in foods. They are researching in different ways to use genetically engineered crops in the production of new medicines, which may lead to a new plant made pharmaceutical industry that can reduce the cost of production using a sustainable resource.
How is agricultural biotechnology being used?
