Enabling a transformation to a bioeconomy in New Zealand

Wreford, Anita; Bayne, Karen; Edwards, Peter; Renwick, Alan

doi:10.1016/j.eist.2018.11.005

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“…New Zealand economic policy since the mid-1980s has been market-led, with limited government intervention in the primary sector markets [ 5 ]. A heavily siloed agricultural economy has resulted with each primary sector operating in an insular manner and a duplication of efforts within research and development (R&D), trade policy and export marketing across the sectors [ 6 ]. As the population expands, meeting the Government’s growth targets [ 7 ] in a sustainable manner will require a shift in thinking that allows for adding value to natural resources while also reducing environmental degradation and maintaining social licence to operate.…”

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“…[ 9 , 11 , 12 ]), but the bioeconomy has come to mean much more than biotechnology. Today, the bioeconomy is promoted variously as a means to create wealth, address a multitude of environmental pressures through the reduction and re-integration of waste streams (circular economy), generate new value from waste, enable a low carbon economy, design and develop production and processing facilities and entirely new integrated and resilient industries and create myriad economic opportunities through biological science [ 6 ]. In a global strategy review, seven key drivers have been identified [ 6 ]: Building the economic value through biobased industry.…”

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“…Broadly, a bioeconomy has three elements which most strategies adopt [ 6 ], namely: Sustainable natural (biomass) resource use and a reduction in waste and pollutants; coupled with a transition away from fossil fuel resource dependence; to achieve economic and social growth and employment. …”

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Towards a bioeconomic vision for New Zealand – Unlocking barriers to enable new pathways and trajectories

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Highlights New Zealand has existing primary sector growth and a low carbon economy commitment. It has no clearly defined bioeconomic vision and has yet to develop a national strategy. Key barriers hinder development of the emergent bioeconomic transition pathways. We examine the emerging bioeconomy approach, and growing a bioeconomic environment.

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“…Agribusiness, in material and functional terms, covers all economic activities related to the production, processing and distribution of food, as well as economic activities related to the supply of production means and services to agriculture and the agri-food industry [1][2][3]. In recent years in the agribusiness area, some attempts have been made towards transition to an economy based on biological and renewable resources, implementing solutions based on the ideas of bioeconomy and a closed-loop economy (circular economy) [4][5][6]. This is strictly related to the problems of exploitation of the environment and natural resources in food systems, including negative externalities.…”

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The Importance and Prospects of the Use of Algae in Agribusiness

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2020

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Agribusiness could be the most promising sector for algae biomass exploitation and popularization. In this paper we summarize the scope of interests in agribusiness which can be fulfilled with algae exploitation. A high growth rate, a high ability to bind carbon dioxide and the potential to accumulate biogenic elements and light metals mean that algae can be used as a raw material for production of biofertilizers, biopesticides, feeds and feed additives. The use of the means of agricultural production based on algae can take place both in organic and conventional agriculture. The development of innovative and low-cost technologies of algae production, including the possibilities of their use in rural areas, provide a basis for changes, improvements and modifications to the existing solutions in the scope of production and use of industrial means of agricultural production. We also show that although there are quite diverse methods of production, and various micro and macro species diversified in chemical content, the economic viability of algae-based agribusiness is still in its infancy. The wide utilization of algae for food product manufacturing opens alternative ways for food acquisition, protecting both the food supply and the planet’s resources. The sustainability aspects of mass algae production implementation seem to be indisputable regarding possible benefits resulting from such technology. The versatility of algae application in food products, along with the very high nutritive and bioactive profile of this ingredient, make this resource of high importance in a low-emission economy.

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“…A new economic model that recognizes the environmental damage caused by continued consumption of dwindling fossil-based resources is necessary [1]. New production methods involving alternatives to fossil-based fuels and derivatives are required; the innovative use of bioresources in what is termed the bioeconomy or bio-based economy has a pivotal role in any transition to a low carbon economy [2,3].…”

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Policy Coherence and the Transition to a Bioeconomy: The Case of Ireland

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Advancing a bioeconomy requires that policymakers understand how the design and coherence of public policy can contribute, or create barriers, to its development. Ireland’s first National Policy Statement on the Bioeconomy (February 2018) recognized the significance of policy coherence as a critical factor in a successful transition to a bioeconomy. Qualitative document analysis was employed to assess the level of coherence across a range of relevant policy documents. As is the case with most other countries the key sub-sectors related to the bioeconomy in Ireland have independent policy documents for their own developmental process, with obvious potential for conflict. The results of the analysis indicated inconsistency across sectors, highlighting the requirement to update certain strategy documents in order to raise the level of cross-sectoral coherence. This process is essential in both avoiding a ‘silo’ mentality and enabling the concept of the bioeconomy and its associated objectives to become mainstreamed. The methodology employed in this research is easily transferable and should prove useful for other countries in transition to a bioeconomy to assess the strengths and weaknesses of relevant documents and identify where change is required.

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Enabling a transformation to a bioeconomy in New Zealand

Cited by 56 publications

References 24 publications

Towards a bioeconomic vision for New Zealand – Unlocking barriers to enable new pathways and trajectories

Towards a bioeconomic vision for New Zealand – Unlocking barriers to enable new pathways and trajectories

The Importance and Prospects of the Use of Algae in Agribusiness

Policy Coherence and the Transition to a Bioeconomy: The Case of Ireland

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