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Key areas covered in this report will include:
• A comprehensive analysis of the global Biotechnology Food Production market from 2014-2024
• Analysis and forecasting which have been informed by extensive expert consultation with 1
industry leader. Within the report, you will be able to read full transcripts of 1 interview with
leading industry player:
- AquaBounty Technologies
• 70 tables, charts, and graphs that quantify, analyse and forecast the Biotechnology in Food
Production market from 2014-2024
• Forecasts and analysis of the global Biotechnology in Food Production market 2014-2024
- Biotechnology in Soybean Production forecast 2014-2024
- Biotechnology in Maize Production forecast 2014-2024
- Biotechnology in Canola Production forecast 2014-2024
- Biotechnology in Sugar Production forecast 2014-2024
- Biotechnology in Rice Production forecast 2014-2024
- Biotechnology in Papaya Production forecast 2014-2024
- Biotechnology in Potatoes Production forecast 2014-2024
- Biotechnology in Other Production forecast 2014-2024
• Forecasts for the 7 leading regional Biotechnology in Food Production markets (value sales),
for the period 2014-2024:
- North America
- Latin America
- Western Europe
- Eastern Europe
- Middle East and Africa
- Asia Pacific
- Oceania
Analysis and forecasts of individual end-use consuming submarkets are also provided for each
regional market from 2014 to 2024.
• SWOT analysis that examine the Biotechnology in Food Production market from 2014-2024
• Profiles of 14 leading companies operating within the Biotechnology in Food Production market
- ABS Global
- Arcadia Biosciences
- AquaBounty Technologies
- BASF Plant Science
- Bayer CropScience AG
- Camson Bio Technologies Ltd
- Dow AgroSciences LLC
- DuPont Pioneer
- Evogene Ltd
- Hy-Line International
- KWS Group
- Monsanto
- Origin Agritech Limited
- Syngenta AG
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Figure 4.11 Potatoes Submarket in Biotechnology Food Production Market Forecast by
Regions 2014-2024 ($bn)
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7. Expert Opinion ____
7.1 AquaBounty Technologies, Dave Conley, Director of
Communications
Visiongain sought the opinion of Dave Conley, MSc - Director of Communications for AquaBounty
Technologies (www.aquabounty.com) – a biotechnology company that is focused on improving
productivity in commercial aquaculture. We interviewed Mr. Conley in February 2014 and would
like to thank him for his time.
7.1.1 Trends and Developments
Visiongain: What would you say are the key trends and developments in the Food Biotechnology
in Production Market and why?
Dave Conley: There are three general product development pathways for genetically modified
(GM) foods: 1) plants, 2) animals, and 3) microorganisms. The pathways for GM plants are well
established, and have been in the marketplace for the past 20 years. Currently, the majority of GM
plants are destined for animal feeds, but GM plants and their byproducts destined for human
consumption are steadily increasing.
Among the trends in the development of GM plants are drought resistant plants, insect resistant
plants, insecticide resistant plants, and specific pathogen (e.g. viruses) resistant plants. An exciting
new area of GM plant innovation is the development GM seeds, grain, plants and microorganisms
engineered to augment components with enhanced nutritional value, for example, soybeans
containing augmented levels of omega-3 fatty acids. Similarly, there is a GM strain of yeast
metabolically designed to produce omega-3 fatty acids.
GM microbes are also being designed to convert low quality feedstuff by-products into high value
feedstuffs, for example, fish meal substitutes. There are fewer GM animal applications due to the
onerous regulatory requirements for approval of GM food animals. One of the most famous GM
animals is AquaBounty Technologies’ AquAdvantage Salmon, which is a fast growing Atlantic
salmon that has been genetically modified to reach market size in half the time as a conventional
salmon. Other GM food fish are under development in China, Cuba, Israel, and Japan.
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8.3 AquaBounty Technologies
Headquarters Maynard,US
IR Contact dconley@aquabounty.com
Website www.aquabounty.com
8.3.1 AquaBounty Technologies Analyses
AquaBounty Technologies is a food biotechnology company focused on improving productivity in
commercial aquaculture. AquaBounty was originally incorporated in 1991, under the name A/F
Protein, to pursue the commercial development of antifreeze protein-based technology under
license from the University of California at Berkeley.
In 1996, A/F Protein acquired a license to the AquAdvantage® technology from the University of
Toronto and Memorial University of Newfoundland, and was subsequently reorganized in 2000,
into two separate entities: A/F Protein, which retained the antifreeze protein technology and
AquaBounty Farms, which obtained the AquAdvantage® technology. AquaBounty Farms, changed
its name in 2004 to AquaBounty Technologies. In 2006, AquaBounty Technologies was listed in
the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market. It is nowadays a majority owned
subsidiary of Intrexon Corporation.
Today, company’s objective is the application of biotechnology to ensure the availability of high
quality seafood to meet global consumer demand. The company is focusing on salmon, trout and
tilapia. Its AquAdvantage® fish program is based upon a single, specific molecular modification in
fish that results in more rapid growth in early development.
AquAdvantage® Salmon (AAS) include a gene from the Chinook salmon, which provides the fish
with the potential to grow to market size in half the time of conventional salmon. In all other
respects, AAS are identical to other Atlantic salmon.
In 2013, the Environment Canada, the agency of the Government of Canada with responsibility for
regulating environmental policies and issues, has decided that AquAdvantage® Salmon ("AAS") is
not harmful to the environment or human health when produced in contained facilities.
Source: Visiongain 2014
Table 8.3 AquaBounty Technologies Overview 2014 (HQ, IR Contact, Website)