Agroalimentation and bioeconomy
An area that plays a key role in sustainable development
Likewise, the circularity approach in the bioeconomy seeks to reduce the total amount of waste and its associated impact, promoting the reintegration of by-products or waste in other production cycles to generate new products or increase their added value, minimising soil, air and water pollution, thus helping to avoid damage to the environment, the climate and biodiversity.
The technologies and innovations surrounding biology, associated with other sciences and the new information and communication technologies, will be the protagonists of change, promoting simultaneous progress in the intensification of production and the environmental sustainability of the production system as a whole.
The challenge is to make possible the production of higher quality foodstuffs at reasonable prices and adaptation to consumer demands, with a reduction in the impact derived from their production, both in terms of emissions and in terms of the water footprint or the use of chemical products in the production process, through improvements in the efficiency of the use of inputs.
All of this, in addition to guaranteeing the sustainable use of resources, such as soil and water, the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems, ensuring their maintenance for future generations, and the development of sustainable food models. Along these lines, it will also be possible to make progress in rural development as another element of the bioeconomy.