The matter of providing people with the resources available is becoming more and more important in the world. The conception of biotechonomy contains the solution of this problem, because the resources are being used in long term creating innovative products with high VAT. However, this system does not always work. So it is essential to find out what are the causes for this problem in order to find solutions and strengthen the development of the innovations of biotechonomy. The aim of this research is to identify the main barriers of the development of biotechonomy in Latvia. An analysis of a literature (involving similar researches already carried out) was used as the basic of the research and the current situation of the development of biotechnical innovations in Latvia was taken into account as well.