02.10.2023 Studies and statistics
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Replacing 50% of meat and dairy products with plant-based alternatives by 2050 can reduce agriculture and land use related greenhouse gas emissions by 31% and halt the degradation of forest and natural land, according to a recent study.
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 12:00 In-depth report
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Their great diversity and broad food spectrum make insects a unique resource for the bioeconomy. This in-depth report sheds light on how humans utilise insects and the natural products they produce and highlights the research into innovative applications.
05.04.2022 Success story
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Researchers have developed a selenium-rich apple that can replace dietary supplements.
06.04.2022 News
Chemistry Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology
How is chitin produced by nature? Researchers want to uncover this in order to make the biopolymer useful for medicine.
07.04.2022 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
BASF's Care Chemicals is expanding its portfolio of sustainable cosmetic products with a bio-based surfactant made from soy protein.
11.04.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Researchers from Osnabrück, Munich and Berlin have developed ZIN 168 and ZIN 186, the first apple varieties in Europe to be officially certified as allergy-friendly.
13.04.2022 News
Energy Plants Agriculture sciences
The Giant Miscanthus is intended to become a feedstock for sustainable fuel alternatives on marginal lands.
19.04.2022 News
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Researchers want to optimize existing recycling concepts for the efficient reuse of raw materials from rotor blades of old wind turbines.
11.04.2022 Product
Consumables Waste
Instead of producing polymers synthetically, take what nature has already produced: A special technology can be used to extract biopolymers from agricultural residues - making them not only naturally degradable, but even edible.
21.04.2022 News
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This year, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research is once again calling on young researchers from all over the world to apply for the Green Talents Award with innovative ideas for a sustainable future.
20.04.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry
An international research project is developing sustainable forestry concepts for Mediterranean, continental, alpine and boreal forests.
03.05.2022 Success story
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Originally, a research team was looking for a bio-based flame retardant - but they found much more.
27.04.2022 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
A research alliance is developing iron-containing molecules that will save energy and raw materials in important chemical processes.
22.04.2022 Studies and statistics
Food unspecific Nutritional sciences
According to a study by the University of Osnabrück on the acceptance of in vitro meat, 47% of consumers surveyed said they would eat a lab-grown burger more often instead of conventional meat.
29.04.2022 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
To secure the world's food supply, industrialised countries would not have to give up meat completely, but drastically reduce their consumption - according to an overview study by researchers at the University of Bonn.
03.05.2022 News
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Two-thirds of the biodiversity targets the United Nations plans to adopt this fall also slow global warming.
26.05.2022 Interview
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In the FOOTPRINTS project, a team led by researcher Nadine Mengis is investigating how CO2 emissions must develop in order to stabilize global temperatures and thus achieve the Paris climate goals.
05.05.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
A field robot that independently detects and removes weeds has successfully passed an initial test run in the Uckermark region.
04.05.2022 News
unspecific Plants Biodiversity
The plants secrete large amounts of sugar into their root zone, but only a few species of bacteria feed on it.
09.05.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry
Two important plant hormones intensify each other's effect. The opposite is the case with annual plant species.
12.05.2022 News
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The start-up competition "PlanB - Biobased.Business.Bayern" is entering its fifth round. As of now, start-ups with their innovative bioeconomy business ideas can again apply for funding.
18.05.2022 News
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A new study underscores the importance of protecting peatlands and similar areas for climate protection.
17.05.2022 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
To expand its portfolio of vegetable proteins, Südzucker subsidiary Beneo plans to build a production facility for protein concentrate from field beans.
16.05.2022 News
Food Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
If meat consumption were reduced by one-fifth, deforestation would be cut in half and fewer greenhouse gases would be produced.
20.05.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
The cultivation of pome and soft fruit under photovoltaic systems is being tested in a large-scale trial at five locations in Baden-Wuerttemberg.
Tue, 06/14/2022 - 12:00 In-depth report
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On the way to a biobased and climate-neutral economy, new value chains are emerging. With the Bioeconomy Innovation Spaces ("Innovationsräume Bioökonomie"), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding four large networks that aim to bring innovative approaches for the biobased economy into application more quickly. A portrait of the four Bioeconomy Innovation Spaces.
23.05.2022 News
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In a position paper, the German Biomass Research Center explains why Russian natural gas can only be replaced by biogas to a limited extent - and makes recommendations for future biogas policy.
24.05.2022 Success story
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Researchers want to establish environmentally friendly fertilizer for agriculture from manure and leaves, thus offering farmers and municipalities a new source of income.
29.05.2022 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
A combination of dietary change and emissions pricing would make the food system more sustainable, concludes a study by the Potsdam Institute.
01.06.2022 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
An international research project is seeking sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based products.
07.06.2022 News
Energy Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Specially adapted bacteria enable the energy carrier to be bound and released again in a controlled manner.
08.06.2022 News
Construction Waste Plant and process engineering
A new recycling process cleans mine water and sludge from toxins and recovers contained valuable materials.
31.05.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
A recently discovered enzyme from cyanobacteria opens up new options for biotechnology.
09.06.2022 News
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Germany and the Australian state of Queensland want to cooperate more in the future on green hydrogen - and in bioeconomy research.
15.06.2022 News
Energy Plants Chemistry
A new process will use green hydrogen to convert CO2 produced during biogas production into methane.
10.06.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Saarbrücken researchers show the potential that spent grain could have for healthy and sustainable food production in the sense of a circular economy.
09.06.2022 Success story
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Many plastic and rubber products cannot do without plasticizers, but a bio-based alternative is not easy to develop.
13.06.2022 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Microbial cell factories are important tools of the bioeconomy. Now researchers can identify the best among equals.
13.06.2022 Interview
Food Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
With his food tech start-up Organic Garden, Martin Wild wants to rethink nutrition and soon produce organic food circularly in a high-tech farm.
20.06.2022 News
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
A soy-based meat alternative developed by the start-up Next Gen Foods has now reached restaurants in Germany.
21.06.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
A pilot plant for the production of hydrogen from biogas is being built in Bavaria as part of an EU project. The project is being funded with nearly 10 million euros.
22.06.2022 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
They are white, round and extremely sticky: the fruits of the white berry mistletoe. In the search for a bioadhesive, they have now become the focus of scientific attention.
23.06.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
The finalists for the German Founder Award 2022 have been determined: Among the nominees is the Hamburg-based bioeconomy startup Traceless Materials with its biomaterial made from agricultural residues.
28.06.2022 News
Energy Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Wacker chemical group is building a new Biotechnology Center in Munich for a double-digit million sum by 2024.
01.07.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Materials sciences
A research team from Hanover is developing a wood-plastic composite that will contribute to the circular economy.
14.08.2019 Studies and statistics
Consumables Plants Biodiversity
According to the "Below The Canopy" analysis conducted by the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), the 455 populations studied shrank by an average of 53% between 1970 and 2015.
05.03.2021 News
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The further development of the "Bioeconomy Model Region in the Rhineland" is to be supported by comprehensive accompanying research. The experience is also intended to benefit other regions.
11.03.2021 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
With "Selstar," researchers at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences have developed an apple with a high selenium content. The fruit could possibly replace food supplements.
31.03.2021 News
Food Plants Plant breeding research
The EU research project BreedingValue aims to expand the genetic base of cultivars of strawberry, raspberry and blueberry.
16.03.2021 News
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The German government has decided on the further development of the German Sustainability Strategy to address new developments such as the European Green Deal and the Corona pandemic, and repeatedly emphasizes the contribution of the bioeconomy.
Tue, 06/08/2021 - 12:00 In-depth report
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The Global Bioeconomy Summit (GBS) is the leading international forum on the biobased economy. The third edition of the conference took place in mid-November 2020 as a digital event. This report summarizes the most important sessions of the plenary program.
26.03.2021 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
BASF Venture Capital GmbH expands its commitment in the field of synthetic biotechnology and invests in the Chinese start-up Bota Biosciences.
21.03.2021 Product
Food Waste
Beer - a traditional German drink. Although beer consumption is declining, hardly any other country in the world records such high beer consumption as Germany.
09.04.2021 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Compostable fruit and vegetable bags have been tested for customer acceptance since mid-March in some supermarkets in Straubing, Bavaria.
13.04.2021 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Plant researcher Maria von Korff Schmising wants to make food production more sustainable by breeding perennial cereal crops.
02.04.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry
The German Biomass Research Center (DBFZ) has expanded its online database on the potentials and benefits of various biogenic raw materials in agriculture, forestry and waste management.
14.04.2021 News
Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Six Fraunhofer institutes want to use insects, algae, fungi and plants as protein sources for new foods.
07.05.2021 Interview
Construction Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Linus Stegbauer wants to use microalgae to improve the urban climate by developing facade elements for buildings that are coated with a special biofilm of living microalgae.
16.04.2021 News
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The third edition of the Green Startup Monitor shows: The proportion of green startups in Germany continues to increase. 30% of young companies are now attributed to the Green Economy.
26.08.2019 In-Depth Report
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In Germany, almost 800 research institutions in the natural sciences and humanities deal with the bioeconomy. Every two years, biookonomie.de contacts these research institutes and asks them about their priorities regarding R&D, their raw materials, industrial applications, financing and number of employees. In addition to the data collected, this year six bioeconomy experts were interviewed about their assessments of the local research landscape.
