Project description
Bioconversion boosts EU-China cooperation
The EU and China are the two major players in the global bioeconomy with a high potential for cooperation. The EU-funded AgriLoop project will extend the agricultural production value of the EU and China by eco-efficiently upgrading underexploited residues into a portfolio of high-added-value bio-products able to generate new bio-based markets. The project will develop safe-and-sustainable-by-design (SSbD) bioconversion processes and integrate them into a cascading biorefinery approach, to convert agri-residues from tomato, soy, straw, potato, brewery, oil, winery and livestock sectors, among others, into plant and microbial proteins, polyesters and other bio-based chemicals. AgriLoop will strengthen EU-China cooperation, inform SSbD guidance and increase resource efficiency through reduced discharges of agricultural residues.
Objective
The 37 partners (half academic/private) of the International AgriLoop consortium aim to extend the agricultural production value of two major players of the global bioeconomy: EU and China, by eco-efficiently upgrading underexploited residues into a portfolio of high added-value bio-products able to generate new bio-based markets or to compete with, and gain market share of, oil- and food crops- based equivalents. AgriLoop will develop safe-and-sustainable-by-design (SSbD) bioconversion processes integrated in a cascading biorefinery approach to convert a range of agri-residues (from e.g. tomato, soy, straw, potato, brewery, oil, winery and livestock sectors) into plant and microbial proteins, polyesters and other bio-based chemicals to be used for food, feed, health and materials applications, especially by the farming sector. AgriLoop scientific and technical objectives are to i) improve the recovery of highly functional native molecules from primary and secondary residues and to tailor bioconversion schemes toward microbial proteins and polyesters, for overcoming in a balanced way the limitations related to feedstock complexity, processes eco-efficiency and end-products performances, and in parallel ii) anticipate the complex circularities of such biorefinery to comply with safe and sustainable requirements, guide scientific and technological advances of AgriLoop cascading processes toward end-products tailored to the just necessary (frugal design) and fast track their further adoption as demonstrated in upscaling selected biorefineries schemes. By strengthening EU-CN cooperation, informing SSbD guidance and opening up new avenues for flexible agri-based value chains, AgriLoop will increase resources efficiency through reduced discharges of agricultural residues, while taking share of the highly dynamic worldwide markets of alternative proteins and biochemicals (incl. biopolymers) and reducing the cost of agriculture and food system on our environment and health.
Fields of science
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteins
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsbioeconomy
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- agricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedomestic animalsanimal husbandry
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterials
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75007 Paris
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6708 PB Wageningen
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5230 Odense M
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34070 Montpellier
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85354 Freising
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15782 Santiago De Compostela
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08038 Barcelona
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40126 Bologna
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1099 085 Lisboa
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43121 Parma
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2829 516 Caparica
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00185 Roma
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04002 Almeria
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28006 Madrid
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9000 Gent
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37129 Verona
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51211 Matulji
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34090 Montpellier
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9032 Gent-Wondelgem
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75013 PARIS
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5210 Windisch
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100193 Beijing
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100081 Beijing
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100081 HAIDIAN BEIJING
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610041 Chengdu
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430070 Wuhan
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100048 Beijing
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276600 Linyi
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100037 Beijing
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222599 Lianyungang
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273500 Zoucheng
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610023 Chengdu
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618200 Mianzhu City
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100080 Beijing City
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300071 Tianjin City
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050000 Shijiazhuang City
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1290 Versoix
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YO10 5DD York
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