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National Bioeconomy Strategy

Long versionPublished by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)July 2020Design: BIOCOM AGThis brochure presents the contents of the new National Bioeconomy Strategy in text and pictures. In its National Bioeconomy Strategy, the Federal Government lays down the guidelines and objectives for its policy on the bioeconomy and lists measures for their implementation.Download PDFOrder a free copy via BMBF-Website: Publications

05.10.2020 Country

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Russia

The bioeconomic activities in Russia are based both on natural resources and the development of biotechnology.

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09.10.2020 Standard post

Funding

This database catalogues all public funding initiatives in Germany, its federal states and in the European Union that are relevant to the bioeconomy field. The catalogue particularly covers ongoing calls.

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27.10.2020 Country

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Germany

Politically, Germany set the course for the bioeconomy at an early stage.

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Biotechnologie 2020+
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Benjamin Stolzenberg for BMBF

Mon, 09/07/2020 - 12:00 In-depth report

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Initiative Biotechnology 2020+

Paving the way for the next generation of biotechnological processes: Ten years ago, the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) launched the "Biotechnology 2020+" initiative together with major research organisations and universities. A lot has happened since: In the course of numerous congresses, expert discussions and more than a hundred funding projects, players in Germany have set the technological course for the industrial biotechnology of the future. A compact review.

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Kleiderstange mit Kleidung
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08.04.2019 Studies and statistics

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adelphi (2019): Circular Economy in the Textile Sector

The textile industry is considered to be one of the most environmentally damaging and resource-intensive sectors of the economy. How can this sector be made more sustainable?

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Hungernde Kinder in der Drtten Welt
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billy cedeno auf pixabay
Starving children in the Third World

16.10.2020 Studies and statistics

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Welthungerhilfe (2020): Global Hunger Index

One crisis after the other destroys the livelihood of millions of people. Wars, droughts, floods, plagues of locusts and also COVID-19 have dramatic effects on world hunger.

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Pflanzenbasierte Alternativen zu Fleisch und Milchprodukten sind bei Flexitariern besonders gefragt.
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Bernadette Wurzinger/Pixabay; CC0
Plant-based alternatives to meat and dairy products are particularly popular with flexitarians.

10.11.2020 News

Food Plants Nutritional sciences

Views on plant-based substitute products

Hohenheim researchers are investigating the acceptance of plant-based alternatives to milk and meat as part of an EU project.

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Gerd Altmann | Pixabay
In its impulse paper "Bio-IT Innovations", the high-tech forum underlines the need for political and social action in the field of Bio-IT.

21.10.2020 News

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Incorporating Bio-IT in the high-tech strategy

An analysis of the High-Tech Forum on Bio-IT shows the potential of innovations - also for the bio-economy. The panel advises to put the topic on the political agenda.

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Parzellengenau wurden die Gärreste mit dem Versuchs-Schleppschlauch-Güllefass des TFZ vor der Silomaissaat ausgebracht.
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TFZ
New approaches to the production and use of agricultural biomass are the focus of the new model farm in Brandenburg.

15.10.2020 News

Agriculture and forestry Waste Agriculture sciences

A bioeconomy model farm for Brandenburg

Over the next six years, the state of Brandenburg will provide 25 million euros to support the establishment of a model farm for biobased recycling management at the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB) in Potsdam.

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Jan Meßerschmidt
Plastic particles can now be found everywhere - even in the sea.

28.10.2020 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Scenarios for microbial plastic recycling

Researchers have formulated six principles for getting plastics back into the cycle - because progress in microbial recycling is currently only being made with PET.

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Milchzucker stellt die Firma Jennewein Biotechnologie im industriellen Maßstab her
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Jennewein Biotechnologie GmbH/Frank Pichler
Jennewein is specialized in the production of biotechnologically produced milk sugar for baby food.

28.09.2020 News

Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Danish concern Chr. Hansen buys Jennewein

Surprise in the German biotechnology industry: For 310 million euros the Danish group Chr. Hansen takes over Jennewein Biotechnologie GmbH, which specializes in human lactose.

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Cornelius Senf / TUM
Spruces died by the bark beetle in the Bavarian Forest National Park.

27.10.2020 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Europe's canopies are thinning

Using satellite images, researchers have identified gaps in the canopies of European forests and visualized the changes in their condition on a map.

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Landbox
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Landpack

24.12.2020 Product

Consumables Waste

Insulated packaging

As a sustainable alternative to the conventional insulation packaging made of polystyrene, straw enables to put an end to packaging waste in the parcel industry.

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An der Modellpflanze Ackerschmalwand haben Forscher mithilfe des Enzyms Cas9 erstmals Chromosomen neu zusammengesetzt.
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Angelina Schindele/KIT
in the genome of the model plant Arabidopsis, researchers have exchanged chromosomal fragments for the first time using the scissor enzyme Cas9.

03.06.2020 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research

Genetic scissors convert chromosomes

Genome editing at a higher level: Plant researchers from Karlsruhe and Gatersleben have used the molecular scissors CRISPR-Cas9 for the first time to exchange chromosome arms.

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Screenshot: vimeo / Garrett Benisch
The mouth and nose protection masks made of bacterial cellulose can be disposed of in orga

10.06.2020 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Face mask made of bacterial cellulose

Two designers from the USA have used bacteria to produce a mouth and nose protection mask that filters air particles and is also biodegradable.

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Hans Braxmeier - Pixabay
Researchers want to combat citrus cancer in Brazil's orange plantations with novel active ingredient containers.

05.06.2020 Success story

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Plant protection with microgels

Fewer pesticides for more plant protection - this is the goal of a German-Brazilian team researching antimicrobial peptides to protect citrus fruits from bacterial "cancer infestation".

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Vanilleschoten beim Trocknen
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The flavoring vanillin can also be extracted directly from vanilla beans.

30.06.2020 News

Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Vanilla aroma from lignin

Through electrolysis, chemists in Mainz have succeeded in producing high-quality vanillin from lignin.  

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Pixabay
In the forest of the future, large, old trees could be a rarity.

15.07.2020 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Biodiversity

Forests of the future: Small trees at an advantage

Climate change has consequences for the future of forests: According to an international study involving Munich researchers, large trees in particular are falling behind.

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Jasmonsäure bewirkt, dass beschädigte Blätter von Pflanzen für Fraßfeinde unbekömmlich werden.
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Universität Bielefeld
Jasmonic acid causes damaged leaves of plants to become indigestible to predators.

24.06.2020 News

Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Bioprocess developed for plant hormone

The plant hormone jasmonic acid is widely used, but the chemical synthesis of the precursor 12-OPDA is expensive. Researchers have now biotechnologically imitated the production process.

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