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Title: Meeting the Needs of the Developing Bio-based Economy


1
Meeting the Needs of the Developing Bio-based
Economy
The Transition from Agricultural to Biosystems
Engineering University Studies in Europe
  • D. Briassoulis
  • Agricultural University of Athens

2
Reaching the limits of the non-renewable
resources Based Economy
The world's problem is as follows (2004 data) We
now consume six barrels of oil for every new
barrel we discover. Major oil finds (of over 500m
barrels) peaked in 1964. In 2000, there were 13
such discoveries, in 2001 six, in 2002 two and in
2003 none. Three major new projects will come
on-stream in 2007 and three in 2008.
"Are We 'Running Out'? I Thought There Was 40
Years of the Stuff Left"
  • George Monbiot The Guardian, Tuesday June 8 2004

Life After the Oil Crash, http//www.lifeaftertheo
ilcrash.net/Index.html
3
Reaching the limits of the non-renewable
resources Based Economy
  • Industrial civilization as we know it is coming
    to an end soon
  • This is not the wacky proclamation of a doomsday
    cult, apocalypse bible prophecy sect, or
    conspiracy theory society.
  • Rather, it is the scientific conclusion of the
    best paid, most widely-respected geologists,
    physicists, bankers, and investors in the world.
  • These are rational, professional, conservative
    individuals who are absolutely terrified by a
    phenomenon known as global "Peak Oil."

Life After the Oil Crash, http//www.lifeaftertheo
ilcrash.net/Index.html
4
Reaching the limits of the non-renewable
resources Based Economy
A growing gap is expected between oil supply and
demand
  • Gail E. Tverberg April 10, 2008, Ohio State
    University College of Public Health, The
    Expected Economic Impact of an Energy Downturn,
    The Oil Drum

5
Reaching the limits of the non-renewable
resources Based Economy
The median forecast is calculated from 13 models
that are predicting a peak before 2020 95 of
the predictions  sees a production peak between
2008 and 2010 at 77.5 - 85.0 mbpd
  • World oil production (EIA Monthly) for crude oil
    NGL.

6
Reaching the limits of the non-renewable
resources Based Economy
  • Easy oil is gone
  • Natural gas is in limited supply
  • Coal is associated with climate change
  • High grade ores of uranium and other minerals are
    depleting
  • Substitutes are a long way off

The Earth is Finite We are Reaching its Limits
  • Gail E. Tverberg April 10, 2008, Ohio State
    University College of Public Health, The Expected
    Economic Impact of an Energy Downturn, The Oil
    Drum

7
Reaching the limits of the non-renewable
resources Based Economy
Richard C. Duncan, The Olduvai Theory, Energy,
Population, and Industrial Civilization, Winter
2005-2006 THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
8
Reaching the limits of the non-renewable
resources Based Economy
  • IMPACT
  • Higher oil prices
  • Gasoline, diesel, asphalt
  • Spreads to natural gas, coal, electricity
  • Higher food prices
  • Partly because of shipping/ cultivation costs
  • Partly because of biofuel use of food

Food and energy costs become a bigger share of
the economy.
  • Gail E. Tverberg April 10, 2008, The Expected
    Economic Impact of an Energy Downturn, The Oil
    Drum

9
Reaching the limits of the non-renewable
resources Based Economy
The Oil Energy Curve of History?
  • The petroleum-based economy is a mere 140 years
    old and unlikely to survive into the next
    century.
  • We face a big challenge of vital importance for
    the survival of the planet
  • The eventual transition of the global economy
    from one based on non-renewable resources into a
    veritably sustainable one is of vital importance.

Life After the Oil Crash, http//www.lifeaftertheo
ilcrash.net/Index.html
10
Reaching the limits of the non-renewable
resources Based Economy?
Controversy surrounds predictions of the timing
of the global peak, as these predictions are
dependent on the past production and discovery
data used in the calculation as well as how
unconventional reserves are considered.
Geological pessimism confronts economic and
technological optimism!
JACQUELINE LANG WEAVER, THE TRADITIONAL
PETROLEUM-BASED ECONOMY AN EVENTFUL FUTURE,
Professor of Law, University of Houston Law
Center, Conference on Biofuels and the New
Energy Economy Cumberland School of Law, Samford
University on February 10, 2006.
11
Reaching the limits of the non-renewable
resources Based Economynow, in a few years or
in a few decades!
  • Agricultural and Industrial production and
    processing has to adopt innovative clean
    technologies, based on renewable resources
  • We need to move to a new direction of production
    for agricultural and pharmaceutical products
    based on pure biological components to eliminate
    chemicals and toxins...
  • We need to decrease the use of non-renewable
    resources for reasons of climatic change and
    water famine
  • The eventual transition of the global economy
    from one based on non-renewable resources into a
    veritably sustainable one is of vital importance!

12
The development of the Bio-Based Economy
  • "Bio-
  • from Greek ß???
  • for "life"

13
The triumphant come-back of the Bio-Based Economy
  • The economy of the humankind has been based on
    renewable natural resources for untold ages
  • The bio-based-economy is staging a come-back, but
    in a totally rejuvenated form.
  • The bio-based economy developing today is a
    highly sophisticated, knowledge-intensive sector
    in which rapid progress should be the norm.

?st?? ??? ep?st?µ? d??a a????? µet? ????? ???t??
(ep?staµa???????? ?a??)
Cees Veerman speech at the conference
Sustainability, Rural Development and Rural
Tourism, Budapest, August 28, 2005
http//www.nwlink.com/donclark/knowledge/knowledg
e.html
14
The opportunities of the Bio-Based Economy
  • almost limitless.

Biomaterials
Base Chemicals
Maurice Lex, White Biotechnology, Europe on the
Move, European Commission FP7 Agriculture, Food
and Biotechnology Research
15
The development of the Bio-Based Economy
  • The United States and Canada are leaping forward
    in integrating the bio-based economy into their
    long-term innovation strategies
  • The use of sustainable natural resources is seen
    as giving the agricultural sector a new lease on
    life.
  • Developments in Europe are more scattered. A few
    countries have been forging ahead since the
    mid-1990s. Others are only just picking up on the
    idea
  • Important steps have to be taken in the European
    Union, otherwise there is the danger that in the
    not too distant future, Europe will be lagging
    behind the United States and Canada.

The Emerging Biobased Economy, May 2005 Meeting
the goals set for 2010 could create 15-20
billion a year in new income for farmers and
rural America and reduce annual greenhouse gas
emissions http//www.informaecon.com/Biobased_Pro
spectus_May_2005.pdf
Cees Veerman speech at the conference
Sustainability, Rural Development and Rural
Tourism, Budapest, August 28, 2005
16
The development of the Bio-Based Economy
  • Biomass, as fuel
  • Brazil leads the world in production and use,
    making about 27 billion litres per year (2008).
    Some 50 percent of the country's sugar crop
    (2005) is made into bio-based automotive fuel,
    which Brazil exports to the tune of two billion
    liters a year.
  • In the USA ethanol production is expected to
    increase substantially gasoline sold in the
    United States shall contain at least 7.5 billion
    gallons of renewable fuels in 2012 (about
    half-a-million barrels per day).
  • The European Union has set a goal of agro-fuels
    providing 5.75 of Europe's transport power by
    2010 and 10 percent by 2020.

BBC NEWS Cees Veerman speech at the conference
Sustainability, Rural Development and Rural
Tourism, Budapest, August 28, 2005
Economic Report of the President Transmitted to
the Congress February 2006, Together with the
Annual Report of the Council of Economic
Advisers mandate included in the Energy Policy
Act of 2005
17
The development of the Bio-Based Economy
  • Bio-fuels use in
  • key countries

National Intelligence Council (USA), Disruptive
Technologies, Global Trends, Appendix C Biofuels
and biobased chemicals, 2005
18
The development of the Bio-Based Economy
Should the conversion of biomass into fuel
(agro-fuels), be the first priority? can it be
the driving force of the developing bio-based
economy?
19
The opportunities of the Bio-Based Economy
  • The conversion of biomass into fuel, important as
    it may be, is just the 'low end' of the bio-based
    economy.
  • Biofuels are limited by land, fresh water

Biofuels the illusion and the reality
trigger new competition for agricultural
resources, and/or will increase existing
competition, mainly for land and water, between
food production and biofuel production
http//www.twnside.org.sg/title2/resurgence/200/co
ver1.doc
Jan E.G. van Dama, Barbara de Klerk-Engels, Paul
C. Struik, Rudy Rabbinge, Securing renewable
resource supplies for changing market demands in
a bio-based economy Industrial cops and products
20
The opportunities of the Bio-Based Economy
  • The best added value of the bio-based economy
    comes from knowledge-intensive products,
    materials and chemicals.
  • Biomass must be processed in a sustainable way
    for the bio-based economy to make sense.

Cees Veerman speech at the conference
Sustainability, Rural Development and Rural
Tourism, Budapest, August 28, 2005
Jan E.G. van Dama, Barbara de Klerk-Engels, Paul
C. Struik, Rudy Rabbinge, Securing renewable
resource supplies for changing market demands in
a bio-based economy Industrial cops and products
21
The opportunities of the Bio-Based Economy
  • The transition from petroleum-based materials to
    bio-based materials is a major global trend
  • A bio-based material is simply an engineering
    material made from substances derived from living
    matter. These substances may be natural or
    synthesized organic compounds that exist in
    nature.
  • Typically it refers to modern materials that have
    undergone more extensive processing.

A biomaterial is essentially a material that is
used and adapted for a medical application.
Unprocessed materials may be called biotic
material
22
The opportunities of the Bio-Based Economy
  • Biomass, for bio-based materials production
  • Biodegradable packaging materials made from the
    starchy components of potatoes, corn etc and from
    crop waste.
  • Packaging materials made from lactic acids are
    also making headway. Some of the largest
    supermarket chains are packaging most of their
    organic food products in such bio-based
    materials.
  • Bio-based materials are used to produce
    biodegradable films and other plastic products
    for agricultural applications
  • Renewable building blocks for plastics, as well
    as natural fibers are already used to reinforce
    plastics applied in the automotive industry and
    other applications.
  • Biocomposites are finding applications in the
    construction and electronics industry due to
    their low cost and specific properties

Cees Veerman speech at the conference
Sustainability, Rural Development and Rural
Tourism, Budapest, August 28, 2005
23
The development of the Bio-Based Economy
  • Biomass for bio-based materials production
  • Biopolymers are now moving into main-stream use,
    and the polymers based on renewable feedstock
    may soon be competing with commodity plastics, as
    a result of the sales growth of more than 2030
    per year.
  • The US Technology Road Map for Plant/Crop-based
    Renewable Resources 2020 has targeted to achieve
    10 of basic chemical building blocks arising
    from plant-derived renewable sources by 2020,
    with development concepts in place by then to
    achieve a further increase to 50 by 2050.

() Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE)
24
The development of the Bio-Based Economy
  • Biomass for biobased materials production in USA
  • The U.S. agricultural, forestry, life sciences,
    and chemical communities have developed a
    strategic vision for using crops, trees, and
    agricultural residues to manufacture industrial
    products, and have identified major barriers to
    its implementation.

Matt Carr, The biobased revolution, ASC Fall
Convention and Expo, October 11, 2005
25
The development of the Bio-Based Economy
  • Biomass for biobased materials production in EU
  • Europe is currently well placed in the markets
    for innovative bio-based products, building on
    established knowledge and a leading technological
    and industrial position.
  • Perceived uncertainty about product properties
    and weak market transparency hinder the fast
    take-up of products.
  • Communication, standardisation, labelling and
    certification could be used to overcome this.
  • Future revisions of the CAP could provide
    opportunities to examine the various elements of
    non-food policy in order to give positive
    incentives to the cultivation of crops for
    industrial uses, in line with the ongoing CAP
    reform path.

A Lead Market Initiative for Europe, ANNEX I,
ACTION PLAN OF THE LEAD MARKET INITIATIVE IN THE
AREA OF BIO-BASED PRODUCTS, Brussels, 21.12.2007,
SEC(2007) 1729
26
The development of the Bio-Based Economy
National Intelligence Council (USA), Disruptive
Technologies, Global Trends, Appendix C Biofuels
and biobased chemicals, 2005
27
The development of the Bio-Based Economy at the
European level
The development and production of novel,
innovative products and processes in a cost- and
eco-efficient manner, using increasingly
renewable raw materials and taking into account
the hot environmental issues like climatic change
and water limitations, require
  • Advances in the technology reach and development
    of new knowledge though EU and national support
    of the European Education and Research Areas
  • Systematic, strong Universities-Enterprises
    cooperation

28
The development of the Bio-Based Economy
  • Meeting the Needs of the Developing Bio-based
    Economy at the level of the University Studies in
    Europe

29
The development of the Bio-Based Economy
  • Many disciplines (e.g. Chemical Engineering,
    Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Agricultural
    Sciences, Biotechnology, etc) are expected to
    adapt their programs of studies to meet the needs
    of the developing bio-based economy

30
The development of the Bio-Based Economy
  • Agricultural Engineering programs of studies will
    have also to be adapted
  • to address the complex problems of using
    non-renewable resources based fuels for
    agricultural machinery and production systems,
    simultaneously increasing productivity under
    limitations of water and chemicals and
    environmental constraints
  • . exploit by-products for development of
    bio-based materials and use special bio-based
    materials in production and processing.
  • . irrigate under conditions of water famine,
    apply sophisticated information technologies and
    engineering design to optimise prodution,
    operation and processing involing sensitive and
    complicated biological systems.

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NEW DEVELOPMENTS
  • What is the future of the AGRICULTURAL
    ENGINEERING STUDIES IN EUROPE?
  • Facing the new challenges of the Developing
    Bio-based Economy at the level of the University
    Studies in Europe related to the production and
    processing of goods of biological origin
  • In an environmental friendly way
  • Based on non-renewable resources to a steadily
    increasing degree

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AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING STUDIES IN EUROPE A
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Defining the needs in the years before 2002
  • Agricultural engineering is under-going rapid
    changes as a result of
  • technological innovation
  • the dramatic structural changes of the Higher
    Educational system of Europe
  • major inherent problems associated with the
    traditional field of Agricultural Engineering
    studies in Europe and the emerging relevant
    societal needs.

33
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING STUDIES IN EUROPE A
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
  • In response to these major challenges, the
    thematic network USAEE - University Studies of
    Agricultural Engineering in Europe was
    established in the framework of the Erasmus
    programme of the EU Directorate-General Education
    and Culture 2002-2006
  • The USAEE thematic network project was
    established with the endorsement and the support
    of the European Society of Agricultural Engineers

34
A Thematic Network composed of 31 partner
Universities from 27 European countries and
funded by DG Education and Culture
35
USAEE - University Studies of Agricultural
Engineering in Europe a Thematic
NetworkObjectives
  • define the core curricula to be used as
    benchmarks for Agricultural Engineering studies
    in Europe
  • define common accreditation strategies and
    procedures and establish the bodies/committees to
    carry out the accreditation of the departments
    which are to meet the core curricula requirements

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Outputs
  • Web address to download all eight Proceedings of
    the USAEE Workshops http//www.eurageng.net -
    link USAEE TN
  • concerning issues on
  • Studies
  • Research
  • ECTS
  • Agricultural Engineering core curricula meeting
    the FEANI criteria
  • Accreditation procedures
  • Employability
  • Quality assurance and assessment
  • Continuous updating on web-site
  • http//sunfire.aua.gr8080/ects/Welcome.do

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FEANI PROCESS
  • June 2006 USAEE submitted officially the final
    core curricula for Agricultural Engineering
    University studies in Europe.
  • January 2007 FEANI EMC replies USAEE document
    combined with the FEANI criteria provide guidance
    to the schools in order to design an agricultural
    engineering programme to be included in the FEANI
    INDEX

APPROVED!
Fédération Européenne d'Associations Nationales
d'Ingénieurs, European Federation of National
Engineering Association  shttp//www.feani.org/
38
EurAgEngRECOGNITION
A recognition implementation plan has been
prepared in close cooperation between USAEE and
EurAgEng The scheme was officially announced
(September 2006, Bonn) by EurAgEng and foresees
several steps
39
ACCREDITATION
  • Developments towards the establishment of a
    SINGLE European Accreditation procedure for all
    European Engineering programs of studies

40
EUR-ACE project(EURopean ACcredited Engineer)
The EUR-ACE accreditation system is being set up
within ENAEE and monitored by an ad-hoc Working
Group (EUR-ACE Label Committee)
41
USAEE TN University Studies of Agricultural
Engineering in Europe synergies with EURACE-ENAEE
  • USAEE/ERABEE participate in the project board of
    the EUR-ACE Implementation project aiming at
    establishing the ACCREDITATION of Agricultural
    and Biosystems Engineering programmes of studies
    as Engineering Programmes of studies complying
    with the EUR_ACE Standards Framework in the same
    way as for any other ENGINEERING program of
    studies in Europe

42
Steps in the Accreditation procedure
  • For the programs of study in Agricultural
    /Biosystems Engineering that adopt the FEANI /
    USAEE TN Core Curricula
  • EuAgEng may undertake the task of RECOGNITION of
    these programs as being Agricultural or
    Biosystems Engineering programs of studies.
  • Then, the use of the terms Agricultural or
    Biosystems Engineering by programs of studies
    that are not recognized by EurAgEng will not be
    as easy as it happens today
  • EUR-ACE standards may be applied for the
    ACCREDITATION of any recognised Agricultural or
    Biosystems Engineering program in the same way as
    for any other ENGINEERING program of studies in
    Europe

43
USAEE-Steps in the Accreditation procedure
  • The ACCREDITATION through EUR-ACE standards of
    any recognised Agricultural or Biosystems
    Engineering program in Europe awards the EUR-ACE
    Labeling of the accredited programs of studies

The EUR-ACE label certificates will be
EUR-ACE First Cycle level EUR-ACE Second
Cycle level
  1. The Accredited by EUR-ACE standards Agricultural
    or Biosystems Engineering programs will be
    automatically registered in the FEANI index
    without any additional application and procedure

44
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
STUDIES AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES INTERNATIONAL
LEVEL
  • Traditional field of Agricultural Engineering is
    now evolving into the Biosystems Engineering
    field
  • Biosystems Engineering is a science-based
    engineering discipline that integrates
    engineering science and design with applied
    biological, environmental and agricultural
    sciences, broadening in this way the area of
    application of Engineering sciences not strictly
    to agricultural applications, but to the
    biological systems in general, including
    agriculture

45
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
STUDIES AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
  • Agricultural Engineering applies engineering
    sciences to agricultural applications
  • Biosystems (or Agricultural and Biological)
    Engineering, extends this application of
    engineering sciences to all living organisms
    applications, including agriculture.
  • Biosystems engineers can be involved in the
    expanding new areas of bio-based materials,
    agro-fuels, biomechatronics, etc., in the
    assessment of food traceability, quality and
    safety and in the design of environmentally
    friendly and sustainable systems.

46
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
STUDIES AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
  • The major international political priority
    relevant to Biosystems (or Agricultural and
    Biological) Engineering studies was set in USA
    and Canada back in 2003 by the American Society
    of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) and the Canadian
    Society of Agricultural Engineering (CSAE),
    respectively.
  • This political priority regarded major changes in
    the curricula, also reflected in the change of
    the Societies names which was considered as a
    major issue.
  • At that time it had become evident that
    traditional Agricultural Engineering Departments
    experienced a marked decline in students.

47
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
STUDIES AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
  • Since the majority of such Departments in USA and
    Canada added a bio modifier term (i.e.
    Biosystems, Biological, Bioresources,
    Bioengineering, etc.) in their titles and aligned
    their academic programs with the biology-based
    curriculum (including the agricultural
    engineering main core), student enrolment
    increased.
  • As a result in 2005 ASAE and CSAE decided to
    change their name to
  • American Society of Agricultural and Biological
    Engineers (ASABE)
  • Canadian Society for Bioengineering (CSBE)

48
Policy Oriented Measures in Support of the
Evolving Biosystems Engineering Studies in USA -
EU
POMSEBES
2007-2008
  • EU-US Atlantis programme 2006

49
Provide a platform for a systematic exchange of
experiences and ideas between the established
Biological Engineering studies in the US and the
evolving Biosystems Engineering studies in EU
aiming at the establishment of appropriate policy
oriented measures to support and guide this
evolution
Main objective of POMSEBES
Policy Oriented Measures in Support of the
Evolving Biosystems Engineering Studies in USA -
EU
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Biosystems Engineering - I
  • Biosystems Engineering is defined as an evolving
    science-based engineering discipline that
    integrates engineering science and design with
    applied biological, agricultural and
    environmental sciences
  • Biosystems Engineering concerns education and
    research in the physical sciences and engineering
    to understand, model, process or enhance
    biological systems for sustainable developments
    in agriculture, food, land use and the
    environment

http//www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescriptio
n.cws_home/622795/descriptiondescription
51
Biosystems Engineering - II
  • Biosystems Engineering is not Biotechnology which
    is defined as
  • Techniques that use living organisms or parts of
    organisms to produce a variety of products (from
    medicines to industrial enzymes) to improve
    plants or animals or to develop microorganisms to
    remove toxics from bodies of water, or act as
    pesticides
  • A multidisciplinary field in which biological
    systems are developed and/or used for the
    provision of commercial goods or services

Biotechnology is not an Engineering Discipline
http//www.nsc.org/ehc/glossary.htmb
http//www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescriptio
n.cws_home/525455/descriptiondescription
52
Biosystems Engineering - III
Biosystems Engineering is not Biomedical
Engineering which is defined as The application
of engineering principles and techniques to the
medical field. It combines the design and problem
solving skills of engineering with the medical
and biological science to help improve patient
health care and the quality of life of healthy
individuals
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomedical_engineerin
g
53
Biosystems Engineering
  • Focuses on applying Engineering principles to
    biological systems except for humans to avoid
    conflicts and confusion of professional
    competences with the discipline of Biomedical
    Engineering
  • Does not simply include scattered courses from
    Biotechnology or Biology creating conflicts and
    confusion of professional competences with the
    well established non-Engineering discipline of
    Biotechnology
  • Is founded on a broader basis of biological
    sciences through replacing agricultural
    application oriented courses with selected
    fundamental biological systems /agricultural
    sciences subjects
  • Retains Agricultural Engineering as the main
    component of the program of studies with a clear
    and strong Engineering core curriculum (USAEE/
    FEANI)

54
Need for the transition from Agricultural to
Biosystems Engineering in Europe
55
Need for the transition from Agricultural
Engineering to Biosystems Engineering in Europe
  • Europe should keep step with the latest
    developments in Biosystems Engineering occurred
    at the international level to meet the needs of
    the developing bio-based economy strong
    competition in education, research and economy
  • Biosystems Engineering should evolve as an
    integral part of the rapid developments in the
    Higher Education Area in Europe

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Need for the transition from Agricultural
Engineering to Biosystems Engineering in Europe
  • In response to the dramatic developments, the
    new Thematic Network for Education and Research
    in Biosystems Engineering or Agricultural and
    Biological Engineering in Europe (ERABEE-TN) was
    established
  • ERABEE-TN is built-upon and further develops the
    outputs of the USAEE-TN by contributing to the
    inevitable transition from the traditional
    Agricultural Engineering studies towards a new
    European dimension in higher education in the
    broader area of Biosystems Engineering.

() Bio-based economy Reduced interest of
students for the traditional Agricultural
Engineering International developments
57
Education and Research in Biosystems or
Agricultural and Biological Engineering in
Europe a Thematic Network ERABEE TN
Geographical distribution of the consortium
ERABBE Thematic Network composed of 33 partner
Universities and 2 students associations from 27
European countries and funded by DG Education and
Culture
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Facing new developments and new challenges
through the ERABEE TN work
  • In the future, it is anticipated that the
    bio-based economy will grow significantly in
    Europe.
  • The climatic change related problems will affect
    the development of the bio-based economy
  • Enterprises in the areas of bio-energy and
    renewable resources and bio-based materials are
    likely to increase, creating new employment
    opportunities for Biosystems (or Agricultural and
    Biological) Engineers.

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Facing new developments and new challenges
through the ERABEE TN work
  • Advancements in science and technology will
    create new opportunities in areas such as
    bio-safety, risk assessment, sensor/bio-sensors,
    electronics and use of information technology,
    remote sensing, GPS/GIS etc.
  • New emerging opportunities are likely to occur in
    developing and under-developed countries in areas
    of environmental quality, infrastructure and
    rural development (agriculture and bio-energy).

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ERABEE TN Meeting the Needs of the Developing
Bio-based Economy
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