The Sankey biomass diagram is a representation of harmonised data from the various Joint Research Centre (JRC) units contributing to the BIOMASS Assessment study of the JRC. It represents the flows of biomass for each sector of the bioeconomy, from supply to uses including trade. The diagram...

'The bioeconomy [...] encompasses the production of renewable biological resources and the conversion of these resources and waste streams into value-added products, such as food, feed, bio-based products and bioenergy.' This notion of the bioeconomy was formulated in the European Commission's...

'The bioeconomy [...] encompasses the production of renewable biological resources and the conversion of these resources and waste streams into value-added products, such as food, feed, bio-based products and bioenergy.' This notion of the bioeconomy was formulated in the European Commission's...

The Sankey biomass diagram is a representation of harmonised data from the various Joint Research Centre (JRC) units contributing to the BIOMASS Assessment study of the JRC. It represents the flows of biomass for each sector of the bioeconomy, from supply to uses including trade. The diagram...

The new EU Bioeconomy Strategy, adopted in 2018 is more relevant within the actual political, environmental and social context than ever before. In these times of acute awareness of global climate change impacts and related challenges for sustainable development, the EU Bioeconomy is perceived a...

Using the latest release of employment and value added numbers in the bioeconomy sectors, we conducted an analysis on the performance of the EU bioeconomy during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Our findings point to a possibly higher level of resilience of the bioeconomy sectors compared to the...

Analysing stylised scenarios with economic modelling tools reveals complex relations, incentives and trade-offs of the different policy instruments, in particular regarding the environmental dimension. Marginal areas of the EU are most vulnerable to drastic policy changes.

This report describes the strategies that are in place in the EU, Brazil, US and Canada about the nascent Bioeconomy. It also focuses on the comparison of the initiatives taken so far to measure the innovative bio-based industrial sector.

The aim of the expert workshop "Medium-term outlook for the EU agricultural commodity market", held in October 2015 in Brussels, was to present and discuss the preliminary results of the outlook of the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) on European Union (EU)...