Table 1 Biotech market for Agro-biotechnology products in India $ m *Forecast
Source – Biocon- India
Agrobiotech products |
2000 |
2005* |
Animal health care products |
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Vaccines |
150 |
300 |
Antibiotics |
225 |
275 |
Other |
200 |
350 |
Agricultural products |
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High yielding GM seeds |
450 |
650 |
Other |
100 |
200 |
Industrial products |
||
Enzymes |
50 |
100 |
Amino acids & organic acid |
150 |
200 |
Yeast & yeast products |
150 |
250 |
Total |
1450 |
2325 |
Table 2. Comparison of broiler feeding studies with low phytate phosphorus corn and conventional corn.
Source – Coon, C (1997) XIII CURSO DE ESPECIALIZACION FEDNA, Madrid
Source of P Basal diet plus |
Bone ash mg / g |
Bone P mg / g |
Bone Ca mg / g |
Fecal P mg / g |
Defatted dry weight |
Dry wt | |||
Conventional corn |
329.8 |
58.8 |
122.4 |
3.093 |
Conventional corn |
348.3 |
62.6 |
128.6 |
3.125 |
Low PP corn |
373.8 |
66.0 |
136.8 |
1.853 |
Low PP corn |
387.4 |
68.8 |
142.9 |
2.438 |
Table 3 – Comparison of the broiler performance of conventional soybean with low oligo-saccharide soybean
Source – Coon, C (1997) XIII CURSO DE ESPECIALIZACION FEDNA, Madrid
|
Rafinose |
Stachyose |
Increase in amino acid digestibility |
Increase in dry matter digestibility |
Increase in true metabolisable energy | |
Conventional soybean |
0.63 |
3.0 |
- |
- |
- |
Low oligo soybean |
0.03 |
0.04 |
3 % |
5 % |
100 – 200 kcal |
Figure 1 Consumption of Biotechnology products in India
Source : India Business opportunity 2002 (www.ficci.com)
Figure 2 Percent of global land area planted in Biotechnology varieties by country
(2002 total global land area: 145.0 million acres)
Source: International service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (SAAA) Global review of transgenic crops 2002
Figure 3 Increase in global area in Biotechnology crops – 1996 to 2002
Source: (SAAA Global Review of Transgenic Crops, 2002)
Source: Englyst., H (1989)
Source: Asha Kembhavi unpublished data
