Benefits and challenges of a new knowledge based bioeconomy

Ivar Virgin; Holger Hoff; Melinda Fones Sundell; Matthew Fielding; Jakob Granit

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Benefits and challenges of a new knowledge based bioeconomy

This book chapter elaborates on the global threats and challenges and the urgent need to adjust our development path to a direction that respects our planetary boundaries.

Ivar Virgin, Holger Hoff, Melinda Fones Sundell, Matthew Fielding, Jakob Granit / Published on 23 August 2016

Citation

Virgin, I., Fielding, M., Sundell, M. F., Hoff, H. and Granit, J. (2017). Benefits and challenges of a new knowledge based bioeconomy. In Creating Sustainable Bioeconomies: The Bioscience Revolution in Europe and Africa. I. Virgin and J. Morris (eds.). Routledge, Abingdon, UK. Pages 11-25.

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Agricultural production needs to increase by 70% by the year 2050, and most of this increase will have to be achieved without increasing the area of land devoted to agriculture. Together with developments in bioscience, appropriate strategies and policy interventions will be required.

This book chapter is from Creating Sustainable Bioeconomies: The bioscience revolution in Europe and Africa.

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