Dossier: Bioeconomy
Publication: Monitoring the German Bioeconomy

This report explores data on the state, potentials and risks of the country’s national bioeconomy development. It addresses both the sustainability impacts and innovation dynamics of the bioeconomy transformation and…

Dossier: Bioeconomy
The challenge of financing the bioeconomy

A report compiled at the request of the G20 Initiative on Bioeconomy (GIB) looks at financing approaches for the activities and sectors the bioeconomy engages in. The Nature Intensive Bioeconomy, one of the three basic…

Dossier: Bioeconomy
The bioeconomy’s global expansion

Over the past decade, bioeconomy strategies, investments and policies have expanded rapidly world-wide. High-income and emerging economies – and, increasingly, low-income countries – are embracing bioeconomy-driven…

Dossier: Bioeconomy
India’s bioeconomy in a global context – lessons for and from the World

With a market size projected to reach 300 billion US dollars by 2030, India’s bioeconomy is experiencing rapid advancements in biotechnology, bio-agriculture and bio-manufacturing. This article explores the structure,…

Dossier: Bioeconomy
Civil society calls on the GFFA to support social-agro-ecological bioeconomy

This year too, the NGO Forum on Environment and Development presented a critical review of developments in a panel at the GFFA, which was held in Berlin in mid-January 2025. Furthermore, farmers and civil society…


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