Inter-connected challenges: an overview of bioeconomy in Europe
The use of renewable biological resources from the land and sea to produce food, materials and energy is one of the potential solutions to implement the green transition. The bioeconomy is developed in Europe, however it shows a different trend in several countries. The methodology used in this pape...
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| description | The use of renewable biological resources from the land and sea to produce food, materials and energy is one of the potential solutions to implement the green transition. The bioeconomy is developed in Europe, however it shows a different trend in several countries. The methodology used in this paper is based on multicriteria decision analysis and considers three parameters as criteria: workers, turnover and value added. This work investigates the bioeconomy sectors in 28 European countries using the socio-economic indicator for the bioeconomy (SEIB). We provide useful data for all stakeholders and propose a quantitative analysis emphasizing the contribution of each bio-based sector. The results show that Ireland is ahead of the Netherlands and Denmark in the SEIB for all sectors and leads in the SEIB for manufacturing and bio-energy sectors followed by Denmark. The differences with other European countries are significant. Some countries present a rather weak situation (Slovakia and Malta). The values of the SEIB are mainly linked to performance in two macro sectors: (a) agriculture and (b) manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco. The decomposition analysis highlights the performance of each country according to the socio-economic parameter and the bioeconomy sectors, and it is highlighted how performance monitoring allows for the identification of corrective actions. Some policy implications are proposed to support the development of bioeconomy sectors by targeting inter-connected challenges that aim to foster sustainability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ae5143155ad344b8871910a071309e0b2023-08-09T15:17:54ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262022-01-01171111403110.1088/1748-9326/ac9dacInter-connected challenges: an overview of bioeconomy in EuropePiergiuseppe Morone0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3240-7089Idiano D’Adamo1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1861-8813Mattia Cianfroni2Department of Law and Economics, UnitelmaSapienza—University of Rome , Piazza Sassari 4, 00161 Roma, ItalyDepartment of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome , Via Ariosto 25, 00185 Roma, ItalySapienza University of Rome , Roma, ItalyThe use of renewable biological resources from the land and sea to produce food, materials and energy is one of the potential solutions to implement the green transition. The bioeconomy is developed in Europe, however it shows a different trend in several countries. The methodology used in this paper is based on multicriteria decision analysis and considers three parameters as criteria: workers, turnover and value added. This work investigates the bioeconomy sectors in 28 European countries using the socio-economic indicator for the bioeconomy (SEIB). We provide useful data for all stakeholders and propose a quantitative analysis emphasizing the contribution of each bio-based sector. The results show that Ireland is ahead of the Netherlands and Denmark in the SEIB for all sectors and leads in the SEIB for manufacturing and bio-energy sectors followed by Denmark. The differences with other European countries are significant. Some countries present a rather weak situation (Slovakia and Malta). The values of the SEIB are mainly linked to performance in two macro sectors: (a) agriculture and (b) manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco. The decomposition analysis highlights the performance of each country according to the socio-economic parameter and the bioeconomy sectors, and it is highlighted how performance monitoring allows for the identification of corrective actions. Some policy implications are proposed to support the development of bioeconomy sectors by targeting inter-connected challenges that aim to foster sustainability.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac9dacagriculturebioeconomyEuropemanufacturingmulticriteria analysissustainable indicators |
| spellingShingle | Piergiuseppe Morone Idiano D’Adamo Mattia Cianfroni Inter-connected challenges: an overview of bioeconomy in Europe Environmental Research Letters agriculture bioeconomy Europe manufacturing multicriteria analysis sustainable indicators |
| title | Inter-connected challenges: an overview of bioeconomy in Europe |
| title_full | Inter-connected challenges: an overview of bioeconomy in Europe |
| title_fullStr | Inter-connected challenges: an overview of bioeconomy in Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inter-connected challenges: an overview of bioeconomy in Europe |
| title_short | Inter-connected challenges: an overview of bioeconomy in Europe |
| title_sort | inter connected challenges an overview of bioeconomy in europe |
| topic | agriculture bioeconomy Europe manufacturing multicriteria analysis sustainable indicators |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac9dac |
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