Food, agricultural and marine biotechnology in Chile.
Economic segments with highest growth rates in Chile are those based on renewable resources like agriculture (fruits and vegetables), marine and forest products. Opportunities for biotechnology are based on a sound scientific base at universities, adequate funding and incipient industry-academia relationships. However, there is an urgent need to develop the engineering capabilities required to scale-up processes and to design, build and operate industrial biotechnology plants.
Aguilera
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Department of Chemical Engineering, Catholic University, Santiago, Chile.
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San Martín
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D000383:Agriculture; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000191:economics; D002677:Chile; D005524:Food Technology; D008386:Marine Biology; D000078329:Workforce