Biobased Economy – Sustainable Use of Agricultural Resources

Kulshreshtha, Suren; McConkey, B.G.; Liu, T. T.; Dyer, James A.; Vergé, X. P. C.; Desjardins, R. L.

doi:10.5772/19989

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“…Bio-based economy and sustainable developments after the Kyoto protocols on greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and CO2 neutral production offers high prospects for natural fiber markets [2], [3]. Bio-based economies use renewable bio-resources, like natural fibers, which are an eco-efficient product that contributes to reductions in GHG emission [4]. Non-biobased resources like man-made fibers release carbon dioxides into the atmosphere, some of which take thousands of years to be processed naturally [5].…”

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Mechanical behavior of cement composites reinforced by aligned Enset fibers

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Mechanical behavior of cement composites reinforced by aligned Enset fibers

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“…Implementing a BBE reduces dependency on the fossil-based raw materials and thus address associated Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s42824-020-00007-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. climatic and environmental issues, which eventually leads towards decarbonization platform supporting sustainability (Carus 2017;Venkata Mohan et al 2016Kulshreshtha et al 2011). BBE is often considered as a sustainable solution but not always found to be climate-friendly (Carus 2017).…”

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Biobased Products and Life Cycle Assessment in the Context of Circular Economy and Sustainability

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Biobased products (biobased materials, bioenergy/biofuels, and biobased chemicals) are the futuristic replacement of fossil-based chemicals and considerably the best way of transiting towards a low-carbon economy (LCE) and which also can simultaneously mitigate the global challenges associated with the depletion of abiotic resources and climate change. Endurance with the biobased products is leading to the development of a biobased economy (BBE). Assessment of environmental sustainability achieved by the production of biobased products is important to understand their decarbonization potential, and all associated impacts with their life cycle and can be measured with life cycle assessment (LCA) tool. Life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) combines LCA with life cycle costing (LCC) and social life cycle assessment (sLCA). The framework of this paper is thus designed to provide an insight into biobased products with an overview of LCA as critical tools to measure sustainability. LCA methodology and its importance in determining sustainability for biobased products with associated limitations and probable solutions are also discussed. Circular economy (CE) integrating cradle-to-cradle (C2C) approach is also discussed as a promising endeavor to achieve LCE.

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“…There is a need to explore this in aspect of the bio-economy. The bio-economy in the 21 st century can be interpreted the way the fossil-based economy was in the 20 th century (Kulshreshtha et al 2011). The bio-economy enables the efficient use of renewable resources in the form of agricultural inputs -and partially outputs.…”

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“…It helps to reduce the use of fossil raw materials, CO 2 emissions and wastewater quantity, but not at the same level as can be experienced in other sectors due to food market insecurities and production limitations (Fogarassy and Nabradi, 2015). At the same time, agriculture will continue to provide food and animal feed that are healthy and safe (Kulshreshtha et al, 2011).…”

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Index of Circular Agriculture Development in the Republic of Macedonia

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2017

Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development

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In the Republic of Macedonia, the circular economy would boost country’s agri-food sector competitiveness and help create new business and market opportunities for the farmers and processing industry. Public benefits that could accrue from the bio-economy perspective has become compelling. Nevertheless, the question arises: “At what level are we? Does the country go toward the development of the circular agriculture or not?” By using conceptual model of BPEIR (Behaviour - Pressure - Effect - Impact - Response) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method, the author introduces a comprehensive analysis and quantitative evaluation of the level of Macedonian circular agriculture development. This paper discusses the fact that the Republic of Macedonia shows positive trends regarding circular economy disciplines in agriculture, given by natural geographic conditions and traditional agricultural production.

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Biobased Economy – Sustainable Use of Agricultural Resources

Cited by 4 publications

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Mechanical behavior of cement composites reinforced by aligned Enset fibers

Mechanical behavior of cement composites reinforced by aligned Enset fibers

Biobased Products and Life Cycle Assessment in the Context of Circular Economy and Sustainability

Index of Circular Agriculture Development in the Republic of Macedonia

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