PRIORITISING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT:
Sustainability at the core of innovative knowledge

BBioNets relies on, promotes, and further advances the work carried out by EIP-AGRI Operational Groups (OGs) with respect to management and/or processing of agricultural and forest biomass with Bio-Based Technologies (BBTs).

Applying the quintuple helix model and a multi-actor approach both within the consortium itself and on the ground activities, BBioNets has set up 6 regional Forest and Agriculture Networks - FANs (IE, EL, ES, IT, PL, CZ) that ensure a balanced representation of all AKIS stakeholders.

Through co-creation and joint actions, FANs have identified local needs, prioritised specific BBTs, and will benefit from and validate knowledge material developed by the consortium, building on previous OG and EU-funded project results.

They assist BBioNets in sharing BBT knowledge ready for practice to farmers and foresters, boosting the (re)definition of value chains, stimulating cross-fertilisation beyond borders, and bringing Europe to the forefront of farming, forestry, and bioeconomy with economically viable and sustainable practices.

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BBioNets has created an inventory with BBTs that address the needs of farmers and foresters in terms of biomass management and processing. It is to be accompanied by an assessment tool that, using quantitative and qualitative variables, analyses the BBTs’ cost and benefits. The objective is to match each target region’s needs and resources to the most suitable BBTs, based on technical, environmental, economic, and social aspects. This way, farmers and foresters can access information about viable sustainable alternatives, their cost effectiveness, pros, and cons, enabling them to make more-informed, evidence-based decisions that benefit both themselves and the environment. The inventory is easily accessible on the BBioNets online knowledge platform, and the assessment tool and its user manual will also be available there soon. Both the inventory and the assessment tool will be constantly updated during the lifetime of the project.

BBioNets foresees the creation of useful and appealing material to provide information on BBTs deemed most suitable to each represented region’s identified needs and available resources. In accordance to each FAN’s communication needs, the material will be presented – and translated whenever relevant – in a language easy to understand by farmers and foresters. It will consist of ‘storytelling’ video-testimonials featuring primary producers who applied specific BBTs, short BBT-descriptive videos, factsheets, infographics & practice abstracts in the EIP-AGRI format. All items produced will be easily accessible on the BBioNets online knowledge platform.

To ensure the long-term impact of its results, BBioNets provides easy access to its inventory of collected information, the BBTs assessment tool, and all material produced on its own online knowledge platform that acts as a free online repository, accessible through the project website. The platform will be enriched on a permanent basis with input provided by the FANs, farmers and foresters, and the fruitful exchanges and co-creation activities held with relevant initiatives.