About us

Welcome to Tigray Biotechnology Center PLC

Tigray Biotechnology Center PLC (Former Mekelle Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory) was established in August 2006G.C  with an initial production capacity of  3-5 million plantlets per annum.

With an expansion made in 2012 G.C, now the company owns one of the biggest commercial tissue culture laboratories in Ethiopia with annual production capacity of 40 million plantlets with a state of the art laboratory in an area of 4.5 hectare with:-

  • 16 growth rooms each with a capacity of accommodating close to 700,000 plantlets.
  • 16 Transfer rooms, each having five double seat laminar flow with microfiltration and UV sterilization.
  • Ten modern greenhouses with a capacity of 9 to 10 million plantlets at a time.
  • Modern water treatment plant with treatment capacity of 20M3/hour.
  • Equipped with modern laboratory equipment’s, machineries, tools and consumables.

MISSION

  • Production of high yielding and quality agricultural planting materials to enhance agricultural production of our country and assures our farmers to enable them produce more and supply diversified crops for the market and input to agro-processing sectors.
  • R and D in Molecular and Market Assisted Tissue Culture Works.
  • Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology Works.
  • To possess Agro-processing unit works of diversified high value crops.
  • To possess Seed Inspection and Certification Laboratory for the Northern Ethiopia.

Opportunities

  1. The attention given by the government towards Biotechnology and Agro-processing is highly encouraging.
  2. Good image created in the country in the area of biotechnology through the remarkable achievement in the production of unthinkable quantity and quality of sugarcane plantlets.
  3. The demand for Biotechnology products in East Africa and beyond in the international market is promising.

Core Values

  • TBC will develop products derived from biotechnology that are at least as safe for people and the environment as their conventionally produced (or existing) counterparts using the best available scientific knowledge.
  • TBC will strive to protect and conserve natural resource biodiversity.
  • TBC will engage stakeholders and consider their diverse viewpoints in its decision-making process for products derived from biotechnology.
  • TBC is committed to consumer access to information in support of knowledgeable choices; and committed to sustainable
  • TBC will develop products derived from biotechnology that enhance sustainability.
  • TBC is committed to consumer access to information in support of knowledgeable choices; and committed to sustainable.
  • TBC will endeavor to be socially and culturally responsible as it shares knowledge and appropriate technology in developing economies to help improve food security, renewable energy and protection to sustainably improve the quality of life.