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First Meeting of CII National Committee on Biotechnology : 2014-15
Ashwin Shroff
6th June 2014
New Delhi
Preamble
Last year we focused on biotechnology in agriculture (covering GM crop issues, as also other versatile applications)
This year, I suggest we look at 1. Agriculture (In context of Food security, inflation,
stagnant productivity, climate change…)
2. Waste Management solutions
3. Green chemistry through Biotechnology
4. Biotech Parks ….?
Conference Bangaluru December 2013
A Recap
Various Sessions and Speakers
Session I: Past, Present & Future of AgriBiotechnologySession II: Agriculture – Problems and Solutions
through biotechnologySession III: Climate Change and Agriculture-Role of
BiotechnologySession IV: Emerging and Future Technologies in Agri
Biotechnology SectorSession-V: Regulatory & Policy IssuesSession-VI: Communicating Crop Biotechnology, Public
Awareness and EducationSpeakers
Mr. Ashwin Shroff Mr Rajesh Panchanathan Dr Jagat Singh
Dr. A.G Shankar Dr. Alok Adholeya Dr Sharan Angadi
Dr. N Barathi Dr. A.R.V Kumar Dr Kirit Shelat
Dr. M.A. Shankar Dr. Deepak Pental Dr. K K Narayanan
Dr. Ramanjini Gowda Dr. Pranjal Yadava Dr. Jitendra Kumar
Dr S R Rao Mr. Ashok John Koshy Dr Devraj Arya
Dr Shyamsunder Singh M Prof. C. Kameshwar Rao Dr. Arvind Kapur
Depleting Soil Organic Matter(Soil Health & Productivity)
Food Quality Issues – Nutritional, Residues – Qty. vs. Quality
Emerging Multi-Nutrient Deficiencies of Secondary & Micronutrients
Water – Groundwater Availability, Quality, Energy to pump out
Energy – On Farm, Transportation, Cold Storage, …
Stagnation / Slow Growth in Agricultural Productivity
Climate Change & uncertainty of Weather
Very High Subsidy Burden – Foreign Currency Dependant
Challenges Facing Indian Agriculture
Next Green RevolutionWill need to be Green Revolution
What should we do to make it Sustainable !!Both Economical as well as EnvironmentalHelpful & Profitable to Farmers across
whole IndiaAcceptable & Affordable to Consumers…. Possible approachesReduce heavy dependency on externally
supplied Agri-inputs (Water, Nutrition, Crop Protection, Energy)
Using and recycling farm based resources & others eg. City Waste
Cover rainfed areas (Approx. 60% of Agriculture in India) with Crop Diversity
Use New Science & Technology like Biotechnology along with Known Tools judiciously i.e. IPM, INM…. type of concepts
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VERSATILITY OFAGRI
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Hybrids
SoilHealth
GMSeeds
BioPesticides(Botanicals,
Microbial)
BioFertilizer
FarmEnergy
Water
Diagnostics
Organic
Manure
NUTRITION
WeatherForecast
PEST & DISEASEMANAGEMENT
TissueCulture
PLANTINGMATERIALS
Bio Fuel
NATURALRESOURCES
Water
Bio Agri – Current SnapshotThough GM seeds is a key product, Bio Agri offerings span across all key agriculture inputs making it central to sustainable agriculture
Key Agriculture Inputs
High Yielding Seeds
Bio FertilizersWaste Water Utilization
Salinity Tolerant
Drought Tolerant
Bio Agri Landscape
Bio Pesticides
Key A
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Bio
tech
Off
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Disease Resistant
Insect Resistant
Nitrogen Fixing
Solubilizing
Mobilizing
Micro Nutrients
Botanical
Viral
Fungal
Plant Growth
Regulation
Grey Water
Sewage Water
Source: Leading Indian Academician –Department of Genetics
Source: CII Agribiotech Subcommittee Notes, Accenture Analysis, Primary Interviews
Waste Management Solutions
Dealing with huge quantity of waste – both solid and liquid -, as also industrial waste….
Again Biotechnology has lot of solutions.1. Solid Waste
2. Liquid Waste
3. Industrial Waste
4. Urban Farming
Organic Waste Converter (OWC)
Mobile van for organic waste composting
Solid Waste Management
Vegetable Market Waste Processing
Bioneer
Urban Farming
Urban Farming – White chilly Cultivation: Growth after 3 month.
Urban Farming – Tomato Cultivation: Growth after 3 month.
Waste Water Treatment - Biofilter
Use of Biotechnology for Green Chemistry
The Chemical Industry has come under increasing pressure to make production more eco-friendly.
This calls for a shift from hydrocarbon economy to carbohydrate economy.
Production based on renewable raw material and enzyme based reactions provides for more eco-friendly operations. The reactions are more energy efficient and less polluting.
We have to evolve processes which do not use fossil fuels or solvents & less toxic and polluting by introducing biotechnology based chemical reactions.
Tools in Biotechnology for Chemical Industry
Biocatalysts : Using microbes or enzymes derived from microbial culture instead of synthetic chemicals
Protein Engineering : Natural enzyme activity is optimized to be used in solvents or reactants
Metabolic Engineering : Metabolic pathway of the enzyme is changed to make it suitable for chemical reactions
Others
Succinic Acid produced from either Glycerin or Glucose has increased from 3000 MT in the year 2011 to 50000 MT in the year 2013.
Lanza Tech using waste carbon monoxide from Steel mills and micro organisms produces 2,3 Butanediol.
Lanxess produces 10,000 MT of Bio-based Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer using about 50-70% Ethylene derived from Sugarcane.
Mitsubishi Rayon produces Acrylamide with the help of immobilized bacterial enzyme. This process results in reduction of CO2 production from 1.5 kg per kg of Acrylamide to 0.3 kg per kg. of Acrylamide and energy requirement from 1.9 MJ to 0.4 MJ.
Industrial Biotechnology : Chemicals from Renewable Resources – Some Examples
Biotechnology Parks
The idea of having a separate area reserved for biotechnology related activities for R&D and Production is catching on at different states level in India & world wide basis.
Creating common infrastructure facilities will be beneficial to SME units.
These parks can be developed in PPP model
common training, marketing pool can be created
Special schemes can be formulated by government and financial institutes to encourage and upgrade facilities.
Larger corporates and MNCs can provide technology & know how to SMEs in the park to outsource their activities.
Synergistic, interdependent consortia can be created.
Thanks