Research that generates innovations: Experience of the Biotechnology Laboratory of UNAN-Managua

Abstract

The Biotechnology Laboratory of UNAN-Managua

presents its experience in conducting research that

started from the need to contribute to the improvement

of a national problematic. These researches, have

generated innovations in different fields through the

conception of products with marketable potential

that contribute to the sustainability of the institution

and using biotechnology as an accessible and low

cost alternative. The innovations are focused on

environmental and agricultural problems and include

different stages: from laboratory-level analysis and

experiments, to field validation. A key aspect in the

development of these researches and innovations is

the inter-institutional collaboration that facilitates the

processes and the dissemination of the results. In this

paper, we are presenting the development of a bio

insecticide for the control of beans and corn pests, the

identification of plants and microorganisms with phytoand

bio-remedial potential, as well as the formulation

of a hygienic product made out of a household waste.

All these innovations are in different stages: some

in the process of development and validation, and

others and others are in the process of authorization

management by the competent authority to allow

their distribution and commercialization at the national

level.