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Bioeconomy Innovation Pipelines and Supply Chain and Policy Shocks

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 April 2024) | Viewed by 5433

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Carl Pray

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School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Agricultural, Food & Resource Economics, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Interests: food and agricultural science and technology policy in Asia, Africa, and Latin America
Prof. Dr. Justus Wesseler

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Department of Economics, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
Interests: biotechnology; economics; genomics; policy; regulation; sustainability
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Prof. Dr. David Zilberman

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Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Interests: marketing; biotechnology; water; risk management; biofuels; natural resources; agricultural and environmental policy; the economics of innovation
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The global bio-economy has been subject to a series of dramatic shocks in the last several years. These have included the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia–Ukraine War. Governments have responded with policies which sometimes have amplified the disruptions of food and energy supply chains, private investments, and innovation systems. The bio-economy innovation system has responded by intensifying investments in medical innovation to control the pandemic. Many countries reduced government expenditures on research and innovation to meet more immediate needs. Breakthroughs in biological knowledge and research tools have created new opportunities for innovation.

The editors of this Special Issue are seeking papers which:

(1) Analyze the way the bioeconomy innovation system evolved, and has responded to shocks;

(2) Analyze on the linkage between innovations and product supply chains in the bioeconomy;

(3) Identify evidence based policy options that can make the bioeconomy innovation system more productive and resilient in the future.

Prof. Dr. Carl Pray
Prof. Dr. Justus Wesseler
Prof. Dr. David Zilberman
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • bioeconomy
  • economics
  • innovation
  • innovation systems
  • regulation
  • supply chains
  • science and technology policy

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Providing Insights into the Markets for Bio-Based Materials with BioMAT
by Viktoriya Sturm, Myrna van Leeuwen, Ana Gonzalez-Martinez, David Verhoog, Nicolas Hark and Niels de Beus
Sustainability 2023, 15(4), 3064; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043064 - 08 Feb 2023
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Knowledge-based policy making in the field of bio-based economy needs two elements: (i) a monitoring system for assessing the historical developments of bio-based industry and (ii) foresight capacities to provide prospects for the bio-based industry in the future and how it can contribute [...] Read more.
Knowledge-based policy making in the field of bio-based economy needs two elements: (i) a monitoring system for assessing the historical developments of bio-based industry and (ii) foresight capacities to provide prospects for the bio-based industry in the future and how it can contribute to achieving different targets. However, significant knowledge gaps in both areas exist, especially regarding the markets of bio-based materials in general and bio-based chemicals in particular. Against this background, a new consistent framework for the representation of the value chains of bio-based materials in the EU and its Member States is developed, i.e., BioMAT. This article aims to present the BioMAT database which (i) is used to track historical developments in the markets for bio-based chemicals and the demand for feedstocks and (ii) enables the construction of the BioMAT model to make future projections. The developed BioMAT database compilation procedure is described in detail. Results reveal that the production of bio-based chemicals in the EU reached 43 million tons or 14% of the total output volume of the organic chemical industry in 2018. The main application of bio-based chemicals is biofuels, followed by agrochemicals and surfactants. The main feedstocks are plant oils and starch. Full article
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The Bioeconomy and Food Systems Transformation
by Eduardo Trigo, Hugo Chavarria, Carl Pray, Stuart J. Smyth, Agustin Torroba, Justus Wesseler, David Zilberman and Juan Martinez
Sustainability 2023, 15(7), 6101; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15076101 - 31 Mar 2023
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While the global number of people experiencing food insecurity remains stubbornly high, innovations have been increasingly adopted that are contributing to ensure that food systems are as resilient and flexible as they can possibly be. Bioeconomy and biotechnology innovations have contributed to improving [...] Read more.
While the global number of people experiencing food insecurity remains stubbornly high, innovations have been increasingly adopted that are contributing to ensure that food systems are as resilient and flexible as they can possibly be. Bioeconomy and biotechnology innovations have contributed to improving rural development and food production. Genomic knowledge is an important part of innovative bioeconomy and biotechnology research as it is applied to increase the efficiency of crops, animals, biofuel, bioplastics and bioenergy production. This allows food systems to transform to be more sustainable and equitable, providing healthy, nutritious food, while creating livelihood opportunities and reducing negative impacts. This article highlights the beneficial impacts of innovative bioeconomy and biotechnology products in technologies, particularly as they relate to the Americas. Full article
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