Not exact matches
The principal differences between organic farming and conventional farming are the former's extensive restriction
of the use
of artificial pesticides, fertilisers and other agro-chemicals; its hostility to the
agricultural application of biotechnology; its rejection
of the routine use
of pharmaceuticals on livestock; its attention to animal welfare; and its focus on crop rotation, soil quality and maintaining biological diversity as alternatives to chemicals.
The International Service for the Acquisition
of Agri - biotech
Applications (ISAAA) is a not - for - profit organization that delivers the benefits
of new
agricultural biotechnologies to the poor in developing countries.
Before that, Evans worked at the U.S. Department
of Agriculture to blend high - resolution chemical analysis with enzymology to research
agricultural applications of biotechnology.
Silsoe Research Institute (
application of engineering and physical sciences to
biotechnology, in particular for the
agricultural, environmental, horticultural, and food industries)
The same advantages that drive our pharmaceutical opportunities also apply to our non-pharmaceutical products, which include topical ingredients that are delivering innovation and value for personal care producers, nutritional oils (omega fatty acids) for use in a variety
of consumer goods, and
applications for
agricultural biotechnology.