Creating sustainable bioeconomies : the bioscience revolution in Europe and Africa /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Other Authors: Virgin, Ivar (Editor), Morris, Jane (Independent life science consultant) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2017.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: why this book?
  • Foreword / Joachim von Braun, Chair of the German Government's Bioeconomy Council
  • Background and overview of the book / E Jane Morris, University of Leeds, UK, Ivar Virgin, Stockholm Environment Institute
  • Benefits and challenges of a new knowledge based bioeconomy / Ivar Virgin, Matthew Fielding, Melinda Fones Sundell, Holger Hoff and Jakob Granit Stockholm Environment Institute
  • The gene revolution : what can and can't be done with modern biosciences? / E. Jane Morris, University of Leeds, UK
  • Section 2: Towards sustainable food security
  • The European perspective : the case for a highly productive and innovative agriculture in Europe / Harald von Witzke, Humboldt University of Berlin, Steffen Noleppa, Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture
  • The African perspective : new biosciences making african agriculture more productive and resilient / Jennifer A. Thomson, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Europe and Africa: addressing the food security challenges / Philipp Aerni, Isabelle Schluep Campo, University of Zurich, Ruth K. Oniango, African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
  • Towards resource efficient economies broadening the base of agriculture
  • The European perspective : potential of crop biosciences to support resource-use efficiency, climate change mitigation and adaptation in European agriculture / Olle Olsson1, Torbjörn Fagerström, Jens Sundström, Thomas Kätterer and Ivar Virgin, Stockholm Environment Institute, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  • The European perspective. a renewable resource base for the European chemical industry : getting to a European bioeconomy / Sten Stymne, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  • The African perspective : using the new biosciences to support the African development agenda / E Jane Morris, University of Leeds, UK, Corinda Erasmus, STEPS Science Training, South Africa
  • Martha M O'Kennedy, Csir, South Africa
  • The African perspective : developing an African bio-resource based industry: the case for Cassava / Yona Baguma, Ephraim Nuwamanya, NARO, Uganda, Chrissie Rey, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
  • Europe and Africa : biofuels for sustainable energy and mobility in the EU and Africa / Francis X. Johnson, SEI and Yacob Mulugetta, University College London
  • Broadening the bioscience innovation agenda
  • The potential of biosciences for agricultural improvement in Africa and Europe : looking forward to 2050 / Denis J Murphy, University of South Wales, UK
  • The need for international bioscience collaboration and a shared agenda / John Komen, bioscience policy advisor, The Netherlands, Julius Ecuru, Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, Uganda
  • The social and economic challenges for a bioeconomy / Richard Smart, Technische Universität München, Germany, Justus Wesseler, Wageningen University, The Netherland
  • Two decades of European-African bioscience collaboration : from bio-earn to bio-innovate / Ivar Virgin, SEI and Allan Liavoga, ILRI BioInnovate coordinator
  • Transitions to a modern bioeconomy : analysis of policies
  • European strategies and policies getting towards a bioeconomy / Dirk Carrez, Clever Consult, Belgium
  • Getting towards an african bioeconomy / Julius Ecuru, Uganda National Council for Science and Technology
  • Intellectual property challenges for a bioeconomy / Rosemary Wolson, CSIR, South Africa
  • Europe and Africa: how European policies influence bioscience adoption in Africa / John Komen, Bioscience policy advisor, The Netherlands
  • Way forward-progressing towards European and African bioeconomies
  • Conclusions and key messages / Ivar Virgin, Stockholm Environment Institute, E Jane Morris, University of Leeds, UK.