There is no agreed-upon definition of the concept of the 'bio-based economy'(or
bioeconomy). One of the most widely accepted definitions (European Commission, 2012b) …

The world economy is experiencing dramatic changes. The key issues for the future appear
to be increasing human demands (food, energy, environmental public goods) that will put …

The security of food, feed and energy supply, resource efficiency and the creation of
sustainable economic value and jobs for a growing population represent interlinked global …

The bioeconomy refers to the production and extraction of renewable biological resources
and their conversion into food and feed, bio-based products and bioenergy. Although …

The bioeconomy aims to combine the tried and tested with the new. Since 2016, there has
been international agreement that this should be done within the framework of the …

This chapter consists of three sections. The first section deals with the origin and evolution of
the concept of the bioeconomy. It starts by tracing the first uses of the terms bioeconomics …

The concept of bioeconomy is very recent. It arises in Europe in 2005 as a knowledge-based
initiative. In 2012 the European Union and the USA published, almost simultaneously, their …

A bioeconomy can be defined as an economy where the basic building blocks for materials,
chemicals and energy are derived from renewable biological resources. This paper provides …

The bioeconomy is an innovative economy with low CO2 emissions (...), ensuring the
sustainability of agriculture and fisheries, food security and the sustainable industrial use of …

The term 'bioeconomy', or, more precisely,'bioeconomics' was initially introduced in the
1970s by Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, a Romanian mathematician and economist, who …