Establishment of Functional Biotechnology Laboratories in Developing Countries

Abstract

Traditionally, biotechnology is defined as making use of living organisms or genetic material from living organisms to provide new products for agricultural, industrial, and medical uses. This definition includes the use of fermentation in the leavening in the 10000 BC. This technology over the years has advanced into Modern Biotechnology. According to the Cartagena protocol (Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 2000), Biotechnology is defined as any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or process for a specific use. According to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Art.3 (i), “Modern biotechnology” means the application of: