Biotechnology is the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make products or” any

technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives thereof, to
make or modify products or processes for specific use. It is defined as a set of tools that uses living
organisms to make or modify a product, improve, trees or animals, or develop microorganisms for
specific uses.

Agricultural biotechnology is the term used in crop and livestock improvement through
biotechnology tools. It encompasses a number of tools and elements of conventional breeding
techniques, bioinformatics, microbiology, molecular genetics, biochemistry, plant physiology, and
molecular biology. It allows for the manipulation, synthesis and eventual creation of genes. Genes
are the encoded road map for an organism’s development.

The biotechnology tools that are important for agricultural biotechnology include:

 RNA Interference
 Tissue culture and micro propagation
 Genetic Engineering and GM crops