With the world’s population growing and the rising demand for animal-based foods putting pressure on natural resources, the search for alternatives is becoming increasingly urgent. This dossier explores what the protein supply of the future might look like and highlights the initiatives supported by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) in this area.

Agroforestry systems combine the cultivation of arable crops with the use of woody plants. This dossier presents various concepts and current agroforestry projects and sheds light on how they can be used to make agriculture more sustainable.

A digital twin is a virtual representation of a physical object or system that is updated in real time with data from the real world or from simulation runs. This short report explains how digital twins work and how they are used in the bioeconomy.

Through the Horizon Europe framework program, the European Union supports researchers from academia and industry in realizing their ideas. How can bioeconomy researchers benefit from this attractive EU funding? This dossier offers a compact overview of the wide range of funding formats and explains where interested parties can get help with their application.