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Global Bioeconomy Summit 2026

Pre-registration for the Global Bioeconomy Summit 2026 is now open. This important event will take place on 20-21 October 2026 in Dublin, in the framework of the Irish presidency, highlighting the key role of the bioeconomy in support of a resilient primary production system. Food security, competitiveness, simplification, sustainability, and generational renewal in the agricultural and fisheries sectors are key elements of the Irish Presidency’s programme.

2025 activity report from Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking

In its Annual Activity Report, CBE-JU presents tangible progress in supporting Europe’s circular bio-based sector. CBE JU’s contribution to the EU’s strategic goals span from wider engagement of new organisations and underrepresented countries to industrial deployment milestones.

 
Building Blue Food Futures for People and the Planet - The Report of the Blue Food Assessment

Blue foods include thousands of species of aquatic plants and animals, many of them rich in protein and micronutrients. This vast diversity offers enormous potential. Sustainably harvested blue foods can help achieve the SDGs by alleviating hunger and malnutrition; improving health; reducing pressure on oceans, water, land and climate; and maintaining or creating decent livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

5- Farming practices evidence library

This library synthesizes a large amount of scientific evidence to assess the effects of farming practices on sustainability outcomes, mainly regarding the environment, the climate, and agricultural productivity.

9- FAOSTAT Suite of Gender Indicators

The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systemswith the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. It was launched in 2026 at the occasion of the International Year of the Woman Farmer.