Bioeconomy in NRW

As part of the Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research, the University of Bonn and the Center for Development Research (ZEF) are working on the project “Bioeconomy in North Rhine-Westphalia: A study on the reorientation of NRW’s bio-economic strategy“.

Bioeconomy, which is dedicated to renewable biological resources and their use in, among other things, food, energy and bio-based products, comprises many sectors (food and various production industries, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, biotechnology and process technology, energy industries, trade, logistics, etc.) and is characterised by a complex landscape of actors and interests.

The aim of the study is to produce a systematic overview of bioeconomic activity in NRW and to analyse the expectations and ideas of the relevant actors regarding a revised bioeconomy strategy in NRW in order to identify thematic and/or regionalised approaches and needs and to address them specifically in the revised strategy.

Further information on the project can be found here.