The Bioeconomy Talks series features interviews with experts on bioeconomy themes that are linked to agrifood systems transformation Marta Gomez San Juan studied at the Technical University of Madrid (Spain), the University of Illinois (USA) and Cranfield University (UK). Her background is in agricultural engineering and biosystems. For the past eight...

Organization addresses conference on nexus of bioeconomy and food security The start of 2023 has seen renewed enthusiasm at European Union (EU) level on the importance of bioeconomy as a driver for sustainable development. Recently, FAO participated at a conference on “Circular Bioeconomy: The pathway to an innovative, resource efficient and...

The assets add to growing list of FAO multilingual bioeconomy material Bioeconomy for sustainable food and agriculture is one of 20 programme priority areas in the FAO Strategic Framework 2022–31. But what is bioeconomy? And how can we explain the concept in an easy-to-understand way? To address these questions, FAO has developed...

FAO participates alongside environment ministries, development banks and other UN entities Bioeconomy was high on the agenda at the 11th Regional 3R and Circular Economy Forum in Asia and the Pacific, which took place in Cambodia on 8–10 February. The forum brought together high-level participants from Asia and the Pacific and...

On Friday, 16 December, FAO and the Government of Canada co-hosted an official CBD side event, entitled Achieving post-2020 targets through sustainable bioeconomy in agrifood systems. During the high-level opening, Ms Maria Helena Semedo, FAO Deputy Director-General, Ms Natasha Kim, Assistant Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and Mr Adrián Peña, Uruguay’s Minister of Environment, reflected...