Supportive business environments to develop grass bioeconomy in Europe

Grasslands cover almost half of the total European agricultural area and are the source of a wide range of public goods and services. Yet, their potential to produce innovative bio-based products, such as paper and plastic, remains widely untapped. We employ a multiple case study approach and implem...

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Autores: Orozco, Richard, Mosquera Losada, María Rosa, Rodríguez Rigueiro, Francisco Javier, Adamseged, Muluken Elias, Grundmann, Philipp
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/44429
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10347/44429
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Grass
Bioeconomy
Business environment
Bio-based product
Innovation
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spelling Supportive business environments to develop grass bioeconomy in EuropeOrozco, RichardMosquera Losada, María RosaRodríguez Rigueiro, Francisco JavierAdamseged, Muluken EliasGrundmann, PhilippGrassBioeconomyBusiness environmentBio-based productInnovationGrasslands cover almost half of the total European agricultural area and are the source of a wide range of public goods and services. Yet, their potential to produce innovative bio-based products, such as paper and plastic, remains widely untapped. We employ a multiple case study approach and implement the Business Environment Framework by Adamseged and Grundmann (2020) on eighteen alternative grass-based businesses to investigate the interdependencies between these successful business models and their business environments. The subsequent analysis reveals that the deployment of funds and policies to support alternative grass-based products remains low in most regions of Europe. Our findings highlight that aligned funding mechanisms that incorporate and promote the specific benefits generated by grass-producing and grass-processing businesses are key to overcoming the barriers related to the competition of bio-based products with the established fossil-fuels-based economic system. To make alternative grass-based markets more dynamic, increasing consumer awareness through adequate marketing is perceived as an important aspect. Capacity building and alignment efforts need to be strengthened and coordinated at local and higher levels to enable the replication and scale-up of novel grass-based businesses in Europe and beyondMDPIUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Produción Vexetal e Proxectos de Enxeñaría20212021-11-1620212021-11-16journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10347/44429reponame:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostelainstname:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)InglésengEuropean Commission http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 862674open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/444292026-06-15T12:47:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Supportive business environments to develop grass bioeconomy in Europe
title Supportive business environments to develop grass bioeconomy in Europe
spellingShingle Supportive business environments to develop grass bioeconomy in Europe
Orozco, Richard
Grass
Bioeconomy
Business environment
Bio-based product
Innovation
title_short Supportive business environments to develop grass bioeconomy in Europe
title_full Supportive business environments to develop grass bioeconomy in Europe
title_fullStr Supportive business environments to develop grass bioeconomy in Europe
title_full_unstemmed Supportive business environments to develop grass bioeconomy in Europe
title_sort Supportive business environments to develop grass bioeconomy in Europe
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Orozco, Richard
Mosquera Losada, María Rosa
Rodríguez Rigueiro, Francisco Javier
Adamseged, Muluken Elias
Grundmann, Philipp
author Orozco, Richard
author_facet Orozco, Richard
Mosquera Losada, María Rosa
Rodríguez Rigueiro, Francisco Javier
Adamseged, Muluken Elias
Grundmann, Philipp
author_role author
author2 Mosquera Losada, María Rosa
Rodríguez Rigueiro, Francisco Javier
Adamseged, Muluken Elias
Grundmann, Philipp
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author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Produción Vexetal e Proxectos de Enxeñaría
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Grass
Bioeconomy
Business environment
Bio-based product
Innovation
topic Grass
Bioeconomy
Business environment
Bio-based product
Innovation
description Grasslands cover almost half of the total European agricultural area and are the source of a wide range of public goods and services. Yet, their potential to produce innovative bio-based products, such as paper and plastic, remains widely untapped. We employ a multiple case study approach and implement the Business Environment Framework by Adamseged and Grundmann (2020) on eighteen alternative grass-based businesses to investigate the interdependencies between these successful business models and their business environments. The subsequent analysis reveals that the deployment of funds and policies to support alternative grass-based products remains low in most regions of Europe. Our findings highlight that aligned funding mechanisms that incorporate and promote the specific benefits generated by grass-producing and grass-processing businesses are key to overcoming the barriers related to the competition of bio-based products with the established fossil-fuels-based economic system. To make alternative grass-based markets more dynamic, increasing consumer awareness through adequate marketing is perceived as an important aspect. Capacity building and alignment efforts need to be strengthened and coordinated at local and higher levels to enable the replication and scale-up of novel grass-based businesses in Europe and beyond
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