Federal Government Strengthens the Bio-based Economy
November 12, 2010| |
The National Research Strategy Bioeconomy 2030 – Our path to a bio-based economy was recently approved by the German Federal Government for immediate implementation. Thomas Rachel, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), and Dr. Robert Kloos, State Land Economic Affairs (BMELV), stressed at the joint press conference that "We want to do research and innovation, structural change from a petroleum to a bio-based permit industry. This objective is associated with significant opportunities for growth and employment. At the same time we also take responsibility internationally for the global food, commodity and energy from biomass and for the climate and environmental protection. "
More than two billion Euros is allotted by the federal government for the next six years in research and development initiatives that would focus on the sustainable use of biological resources like plants, animals and microorganisms for various applications in agriculture, forestry, horticulture, fisheries and aquaculture, plant breeding, food and beverage, to name a few.
For more on this story, see http://www.bmelv.de/cln_182/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/2010/197-RK-Forschungsvorhaben-BioOekonomie.html
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