FAO’s Bioeconomy team held an engaging virtual meeting of the International Sustainable Bioeconomy Working Group (ISBWG) on 28 February, with around 40 participants zooming in from countries and regions around the globe, including Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Malaysia, Namibia, New Zealand, Thailand, South Africa, United States of America, and...

New protein sources may offer tantalizing potential to meet nutritional and environmental goals, but also come with challenges and risks The world’s population is projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 from 7.9 billion today. One of our greatest challenges will be to feed these extra people with adequate, safe, sustainable, and nutritious...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) today launched an important new bioeconomy publication for policymakers in countries and macro-regions. The Guidance note on monitoring the sustainability of bioeconomy at a country or macro-regional level, which was commissioned by...

El país trabaja en indicadores para implementar su estrategia de bioeconomía construida con apoyo de la FAO y que está en proceso de aprobación oficial Los esfuerzos realizados para establecer un sistema de monitoreo de la bioeconomía sostenible en Uruguay, basado en un concepto desarrollado por el Instituto Thünen de Alemania, fueron presentados...

(This article was updated on 30 November) FAO and the International Bioeconomy Working Group (ISBWG) hosted the fourth in a series of webinars on bio-innovations for agrifood systems transformation, this time focusing on “Microbial-based products and microbiome R&D: game-changing opportunities for ecosystem restoration”.  The webinar was facilitated by Anne Bogdanski and Marta Gomez from the FAO Sustainable and Circular Bioeconomy team, who noted the timeliness of discussing the issue after World Microbiome Day (27...