BioRural D1.2 - Stakeholders needs, innovative ideas and interests

The main objective of BioRural is to create a pan-European Rural Bioeconomy Network under which related stakeholders could cooperate to promote currently available small-scale bio-based solutions in rural areas, giving increased value in such remote areas. BioRural is going to develop a transition framework towards a sustainable, regenerative, inclusive and just circular Bioeconomy across all Europe at a local and regional scale. One of the strategic objectives of BioRural is to identify factors affecting the adoption of innovation and diffusion of bio-based solutions in rural areas along five Bioeconomy themes (food and agriculture, forestry and natural habitats, aquatic systems, bioenergy and biomaterials). Based on a structured survey with bio-based solutions’ experts (46 experts were interviewed) and end-users’ (422 end-users were interviewed), the project assesses experts’ and end-users’ needs and interests, as well as identifies and characterises the adoption and diffusion of bio-based solutions in rural areas.