Acceleration of transition to a bioeconomy in horticulture

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

Date of latest update: 2024-12-17

Description

Description (EN):

To accelerate the transition to a bio-economy by implementing regional test and pilot projects for development of new techniques, methods and products in the horticultural sector and supporting their development towards market uptake. Central challenges are to strengthen the supportive role of public authorities to better facilitate and support SMEs to develop more innovations and bring them to the market, to valorise horticultural waste streams and byproducts by extracting valuable plant compounds, and to encourage support from SMEs for the bio-economy and understanding the opportunities.

Achievements (EN):

Up to the 3rd project year many activities took place and many products were delivered: • 10 November 2017 the project's seminar 'Saving waste in horticulture: Optimising resources' was held in Cambridge (UK). With strong interest from industry, research institutes and public authorities. • 21 June 2018 the project's 2nd international seminar 'Agro-food waste streams: from cost to source of income' was held in Beitem (BE). The project activities were presented and entrepreneurs shared their success stories. • The project's own website and the publication of newsletters have contributed to obtaining more attention for the circular economy and the opportunities in horticultural industry. • The BioBoost 'Inventory' has been finished. It inventory provides better understanding of the three regions involved in the project. • Report published about stabilisation tests of horticultural waste streams with different methods and techniques. • Regional collaborations (horticultural industry, researchers, public authorities) (co)organised last year over 50 activities in the participating regions in the UK, NL and BE with in total over 10,000 participants. • App.15 of these activities were part of the campaign 'More profit, less waste', to increase awareness that much more is possible with green residuals of the horticultural industry. This is shown in a short movie and on campaign posters. In NL 4 theme weeks were organised which attracted a lot of attention. • The Bioeconomy Learning Module Horticulture and related educational boardgame were finalised. • The digital BioBoost Platform was officially launched to stimulate, inspire and connect biobased initiatives in horticulture. The core of the platform consists of examples of all kind of new applications of horticultural residues. • Report published relating to valorisation of crop co-products to produce new products for cosmetics with focus on test results of organic co-products from different origin for their potential as colourants, such as black currant, black berry and walnut. • Report published about green pesticides with focus on test results of organic by-products from different crop and insect production systems to determine the performance of biocontrol agents and mycorrhizal fungi. • Report published about lab scale and pilot scale experiments with mealworm and black soldier fly with focus on insects as a promising way of converting horticultural residues into valuable protein, oil and derived products.

Website: http://www.interreg2seas.eu/

Delivered Outputs (EN):

The main outputs of the BIOBOOST project are: - A specific approach to support the transition to a bio-economy; - 3 Regional bio-economy partnerships that facilitate green innovations (UK, BE, NL); - 3 Regional action plans (UK, BE, NL); - A bio-economy awareness and activation campaign for SMEs and citizens; - An open innovation platform - Biobased Horticulture; and - 10 Pilot projects focused on the treatment of horticultural waste streams and by-products to facilitate their use in the production of food, feed, green pesticides, materials, pharmaceutical products and cosmetics. SMEs will benefit from the project because of the new earning models developed, knowledge parties from the newly generated know-how, and in general the society from having the choice of using green, local and reusable ingredients. Check the “Outputs” section below to download related material and see “Main Achievements” section for further information about the achieved results.

Thematic information

SME and entrepreneurship Agriculture and fisheries and forestry

Specific Objective: Increase the adoption of new circular economy solutions in the 2 Seas area

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06g) supporting industrial transition towards a resource- efficient economy, promoting green growth, eco-innovation and environmental performance management in the public and private sectors

Partners (13)

Lead Partner: Gemeente Westland

Department: Department of Physical Planning, Economy and Sustainability

Address: Van Geeststraat 1, 2691 BE 's-Gravenzande, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 1 037 067.20

ERDF budget: EUR 622 240.33

Sustainable Protein B.V.

Name: Sustainable Protein B.V.

Address: Ceresstraat 13, 3811 CA Breda, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 645 979.69

ERDF budget: EUR 322 989.84

Nollen Group Holding BV

Name: Nollen Group Holding BV

Address: Ceresstraat 13, 4811 CA Breda, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Comgoed Biomassa BV

Name: Comgoed Biomassa BV

Address: Oudelandsedijk 4, 3247 LJ Dirksland, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 793 151.87

ERDF budget: EUR 396 575.94

Tomabel CVBA

Name: Tomabel CVBA

Address: Oostnieuwkerkesteenseweg 101, B-8800 Roeselare, Belgium

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 86 346.00

ERDF budget: EUR 43 173.00

Epping Forest District Council

Name: Epping Forest District Council

Address: High street, CM16 4BZ Epping, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 43 074.23

ERDF budget: EUR 25 844.54

Renewi Constrans B.V.

Name: Renewi Constrans B.V.

Address: Wateringveldseweg 1, 2291 HE Wateringen, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 17 232.24

ERDF budget: EUR 8 616.12

Greenpack Exploitatie B.V.

Name: Greenpack Exploitatie B.V.

Address: Honderdland 431, 2676 LV Maasdijk, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Inagro

Name: Inagro

Department: Energy, Biomass & Innovation

Address: Ieperseweg 87, 8800 Rumbeke, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 770 414.01

ERDF budget: EUR 462 248.40

NIAB (National Institute of Agricultural Botany)

Name: NIAB (National Institute of Agricultural Botany)

Department: Innovation Farm

Address: Huntington Road, CB30LE Cambridge, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 955 469.96

ERDF budget: EUR 573 281.97

Stichting Kenniscentrum Plantenstoffen (KCP)

Name: Stichting Kenniscentrum Plantenstoffen (KCP)

Address: Pompoenweg 9, 2321 DK Leiden, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 18 765.19

ERDF budget: EUR 11 259.11

Instituut voor Landbouw – en Visserij Onderzoek (ILVO/EV-ILVO)

Name: Instituut voor Landbouw – en Visserij Onderzoek (ILVO/EV-ILVO)

Department: Technology and Food Sciences – Plant

Address: Brusselsesteenweg 370, 9090 Melle, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 718 908.83

ERDF budget: EUR 431 345.30

Katholieke Hogeschool VIVES ZUID vzw

Name: Katholieke Hogeschool VIVES ZUID vzw

Department: Agro- and biotechnology

Address: Wilgenstraat 32, 8800 Roeselare, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 750 240.12

ERDF budget: EUR 450 144.08

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Summary

Project name (EN): Acceleration of transition to a bioeconomy in horticulture

Project acronym: BIOBOOST

Project start date: 2016-11-01

Project end date: 2020-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 5 836 649.34

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 3 347 718.63

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 0.57%

Co-financing sources:

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Videos / films

BioBoost: utilising green ‘waste’

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu

Publication date: 2022-10-25

Document date: 2019-08-26

Languages: en, nl

Reports

Inventory For The Strategy

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu

Publication date: 2022-10-25

Document date: 2020-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Stabilisation methods and techniques

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu

Publication date: 2022-10-25

Document date: 2018-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Pretreatment methods and techniques

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu

Publication date: 2022-10-25

Document date: 2020-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Harvesting techniques and logistic chain

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu

Publication date: 2022-10-25

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Pilot Cosmetics

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu

Publication date: 2022-10-25

Document date: 2019-10-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Pilot green pesticides

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu

Publication date: 2022-10-25

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Insect Breeding - Lab scale and pilot scale experiments with mealworm and black soldier fly

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu

Publication date: 2022-10-25

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Amino acid composition and requirements of black soldier fly larvae

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu

Publication date: 2022-10-25

Document date: 2020-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Brochures / magazines / manuals

Recommendations from the Interreg 2 Seas project BioBoost

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu

Publication date: 2022-10-25

Document date: 2020-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

A Strategy for Accelerating Sustainable Valorisation of Unused Crops and Co-products

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu

Publication date: 2022-10-25

Document date: 2020-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

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2024-12-17

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

82 / 82 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

886 / 886 (100%)

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Acceleration of transition to a bioeconomy in horticulture

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