Agrobiobase – Looking at the Global Bioeconomy One Factoid at a Time
by Jim Lane (Biobased Digest) One of the most interesting biobased resources we have found – covering the world, but Europe-based – is the AgroBioBase, created and managed by the IAR consortium, a French organization helping to build a biobased economy for Europe through information sharing, advocacy and networking for financing, partnerships and market-building.
The resource is available here.
The Agrobiobase is a free international database that covers both biobased chemicals and biobased materials, from raw materials to finished products. It is a promotional tool for industrials active in biobased products,
The Agrobiobase is a website referencing bio-based products. This new tool, developed by the IAR cluster, offers many services to its users.
…Cluster IAR stands for “Industries & Agro-Ressources”.
…IAR has defined 4 strategic fields:
- BioEnergy,
- BioMaterials,
- BioChemicals,
- BioIngredients.
IAR’s ecosystem favors the development of innovative projects around biomass and the Biorefinery concept. The strategy is to bring together skills and technologies of extraction, processing and formulation, performing all steps of development from laboratory to industrial scale, including the sustainable development perspective. READ MORE
