The circular bioeconomy offers many opportunities to improve the lives of farmers, foresters and rural communities across the EU. The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) encourages the sustainable use of bio-based side streams from agriculture, food production, forestry and related sectors. This can create new value chains and business models tailored to producers’ needs, providing diversified income, value-added products and more resource efficiency. By creating jobs, circular bioeconomy initiatives can build vibrant rural areas and mobilise producers to take climate action in support of the green transition. Research and innovation are key to unlocking the potential of the circular bioeconomy. By working with farmers, foresters and rural communities, innovative solutions can be made accessible to all. EIP-AGRI Operational Groups can play an active role in creating new cooperation models and testing new technologies in practice.
Authors
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
- Catalogue number
- KF-AM-24-001-EN-N KF-AM-24-001-EN-C
- Citation
- European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, Agrinnovation â Collaboration for a sustainable and circular bioeconomy in Europeâs rural areas. 10/2024 , Publications Office of the European Union, 2024, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2762/112538
- DOI
- https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2762/912 https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2762/112538
- ISBN
- 978-92-68-11671-5
- ISSN
- 2363-2143
- Pages
- 24
- Published in
- Belgium
- Themes
- Environment policy and protection of the environment , Agricultural policy
Table of Contents
- IN FOCUS 4
- Innovation and collaboration for a sustainable and circular EU bioeconomy 4
- From wood waste to carbon content 4
- Woolen granules for fertilisation 5
- On-farm waste takes on new role in mushroom production 6
- Circular prospects for sugar beet producers 6
- Bio-based value from the olive sector 7
- A new life for olive leaves 7
- Turning olive oil residues into value for farms and mills 8
- IN FOCUS 9
- Investing in renewable energy for vibrant rural areas 9
- Sustainable energy fuelled by communities 9
- Future-proofing farms through solar energy 10
- From farm to city grid: French farmer collective turns agricultural waste into added value 11
- Innovation across borders 12
- Operational Group cross-visits inspire new insights and connections 12
- Apply to future Operational Group cross-visits 13
- Celebrating more than 3 400 Operational Groups 13
- IN FOCUS 14
- Optimising on-farm nutrient management 14
- Fly larvae convert livestock waste into feed and fertiliser 14
- Cross-country cooperation for sustainable silage 15
- Farmers test digital tools to reduce nitate pollution 16
- EU CAP Network Focus Groups 17
- IN FOCUS 18
- Solutions for sustainable water management 18
- Balancing water and nutrient flows in catchment areas 18
- Circularity in the meat industry 19
- Addressing rural challenges through Horizon multi-actor projects 20
- Green building bricks to boost the rural bioeconomy 21
- Advisory networks speeding up innovation in practice 22
