CERTIFICATE in Agricultural Biotechnology

Agricultural biotechnology encompasses all techniques based on the exploitation of living organisms (cells, tissues, microorganisms) and their components (DNA, RNA, proteins) to improve plants, animals, and microorganisms useful to agriculture. It includes genetic engineering, tissue culture, applied microbiology, and bioprocesses aimed at optimizing productivity, stress resistance, and nutritional quality of agricultural productions.

Agricultural biotechnologists work in public and private research laboratories, seed companies, agri-food industries, biomass valorization centers, and bioeconomy start-ups. They are also present in regulatory and health control agencies, certification institutes, and agritech innovation consulting firms.

The transition to sustainable and resilient agriculture in the face of climate change increases the demand for biotechnological solutions (drought-tolerant varieties, biofertilizers, biopesticides). Skills in CRISPR/Cas, cell culture, and bioprocesses open up prospects in R&D, technology transfer, industrial project management, and entrepreneurship in the bioindustry and agro-innovation sector.