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D8.1 Proceedings on the Stakeholder
Workshops on Agricultural Production
Systems and Sustainable Value Chains
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DISCLAIMER The opinion stated in this report reflects the opinion of the authors and not the opinion of the European Commission. All intellectual property rights are owned by AgroCycle consortium members and are protected by the applicable laws. Reproduction is not authorised without prior written agreement. The commercial use of any information contained in this document may require a license from the owner of that information. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement Nº 690142.
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Deliverable Document Sheet
Project Acronym AgroCycle
Project Title Sustainable techno-economic solutions for the agricultural value chain
Grant Agreement number
690142
Call identifier H2020-WASTE-2015-two-stage
Topic identifier WASTE-7-2015 Ensuring sustainable use of agricultural waste, co-products and by-products
Funding Scheme Research and Innovation Action
Project duration 36 months (June 2016 – May 2019)
Coordinator NUID UCD – Professor Shane Ward
Website www.AgroCycle.eu
Deliverable No. D8.1
Deliverable title Proceedings on the stakeholder workshop on agricultural production systems and value chains
Description Proceedings on the workshop held in month 8 to discuss conventional and novel agricultural production systems and sustainable value chains with key stakeholders, to identify typical models, key constraints and future opportunities.
WP No. 8
Related task Task 8.1 and 8.2
Lead Beneficiary NNFCC
Author(s) Dr Caitlin Burns, Lucy Hopwood - NNFCC Boris Ćosić, Tomislav Pukšec, Neven Duić - SDEWES
Contributor(s) Vjeran Piršić
Type Report
Dissemination Level Public
Language English – GB
Due Date 31.01.17
Submission Date 31.01.17
Date: Action: Version: Ownership:
Written V.1 Dr Caitlin Burns, Boris Ćosić, Tomislav Pukšec,
Reviewed/amended/approved V.2 Lucy Hopwood
Submitted via Online Portal to Funding Agency
V.3 Lucy Hopwood
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ...................................................................................... 5
2. Workshop 1: Croatia, October 2016 ................................................. 7
2.1 Aims & Objectives ....................................................................................... 7
2.2 Target Audience .......................................................................................... 7
2.3 Conference Overview .................................................................................. 8
2.4 Conclusions ............................................................................................... 11
3. Workshop 2: Brussels, January 2017 .............................................. 12
3.1 Aims & Objectives ..................................................................................... 12
3.2 Target Audience ........................................................................................ 12
3.3 Conference Overview ................................................................................ 12
3.4 Conclusions ............................................................................................... 26
Annex 1 ................................................................................................. 27
1a) Workshop 1: Invitation .................................................................................. 27
1b) Workshop 2: Invitation .................................................................................. 28
Annex 2 ................................................................................................. 30
2a) Workshop 1: Programme ............................................................................... 30
2b) Workshop 2: Programme ............................................................................... 32
Annex 3 ................................................................................................. 33
3a) Workshop 1: Attendance List (full) ................................................................. 33
3b) Workshop 2: Attendance List ......................................................................... 37
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1. Introduction
The efficient use of resources and sustainable development of the economy is a focus
of the environmental policy and objectives of each country. Its success is evident
through the separation of the link between waste production and economic growth,
and is presented as a ratio of the amount of waste per capita and gross domestic
product. The transition from the existing linear- to a circular-economy, focussing on
efficient use, recovery, recycling and reuse to ensure sustainable management of
resources and to extend the life of materials and products, is one objective of the
European Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Recycling and reuse of
resources leads to the development of new technologies and diversification of raw
materials required for the production of various products with high value added which
have to date being reliant on fossil fuels.
In order to increase the amount of recycled and reused municipal-, industrial- and
agricultural-waste, it is necessary to develop systems based on advanced technologies
that can produce high value added products and thus contribute to an economically
viable circular economy.
This report constitutes Deliverable 8.1 of Workpackage 8 (WP8): Sustainable value
chains and business models of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme "AGROCYCLE" under grant agreement Nº 690142. The focus
of this project is on Agri-food Wastes, Co-products and By-products (AWCBs).
Two workshops were held to bring together key players to identify important
resources, constraints and opportunities to developing novel value chains and
creating sustainable business models, to feed into subsequent activities in WP8 and
elsewhere in the project.
The first workshop named “Sustainable municipal and agricultural waste
management and the possibility of applying advanced technologies for waste
utilization” was organized in Zagreb and the Island of Krk as part of a larger three day
event co-hosted with the Bin2Grid project, from 13-15 October 2016. The event was
organized under the highest patronage of the President of the Republic of Croatia
Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic (see Annex 1a). This workshop was aimed at “local
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participants” with a particular emphasis on activities in and related to the food and
beverage (FAB) industry in Croatia. Further details on this workshop are presented in
Section 2.
A second more project-focussed workshop entitled “Barriers and Opportunities to
Valorising Agri-food wastes, co-products and by-products (AWCBs)” was held in
Brussels, Belgium to gain attendance of stakeholders from a wider geographic spread
across the EU. This was held on 26 January 2017 at the Catalonia Trade & Investment
office, Rue de la Loi 227, Brussels. Further details on this workshop are presented in
Section 3.
The workshops formed a vital element of Work Package 8, to generate new ideas and
for project ideas to be validated or get a reality check from key contributing
stakeholders. The key aims as described to attendees are included in the respective
sections below.
The outcomes and action areas from the workshops will feed into the AgroCycle
project’s analysis of Sustainable Value Chains and Business Models in work package 8.
These findings will be described and analysed in more detail deliverables 8.2
(agricultural production systems), 8.3 (sustainable value chains) and 8.7 (business
models) which are due later in the project.
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2. Workshop 1: Croatia, October 2016
2.1 Aims & Objectives
The objectives of this workshop were as follows:
To present AgroCycle objectives and outcomes to local stakeholders;
To raise awareness of issues related to AWCB management to the food and
beverage sector;
To promote anaerobic digestion (AD) to the food and beverage industries;
To promote synergies and exchanges among local stakeholders.
The contents of the course included technical, microbiological, economical and
operational aspects of the conversion of food and beverage waste into biogas.
2.2 Target Audience
The main target group for the event was the food and beverage (FAB) sector, mainly
important local/regional industries active in the sector and relevant federations (at
national or local level).
Other stakeholders also interested in the event included:
National authorities (ministries) dealing with the food and beverage sector or
environmental topics;
Governments of cities;
Regional/local authorities working either on economic activities or
environmental (waste) issues;
Chambers of Commerce and Industry;
Local environmental NGOs and other non-profit organisations;
Waste management companies;
Companies designing, elaborating and running anaerobic digestion plants;
Companies engaged in biomethane production;
Advanced biogas and biomethane production Institutions and experts;
Owners of local biomethane filling stations;
Users of biomethane;
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Citizens.
2.3 Conference Overview
In order to demonstrate synergy and to attract a greater number of stakeholders
cooperation with another Horizon 2020 project was established (Bin2Grid). The
Bin2Grid project is focussing on various agricultural waste streams and their utilisation
through advanced biorefinery concepts.
The event was advertised on various web portals connected to energy and
sustainability. Also two TV teams were present at the event taking statements from
key stakeholders and project participants (Croatian radio television HRT (national) and
Z1 television Zagreb (regional)).
The official programme for all three days with the names of presentations and
presenters is given in Annex 2a. Full presentations can be accessed and downloaded
from the conference website: powerlab.fsb.hr/ogk
Day 1 – Zagreb Location: UNIZAG FSB main Faculty Hall, Zagreb
Date/time: 13th October 2016 (09:30 – 14:30)
The format of the event was a training course/conference which included two lecture
sessions providing a platform to share as much knowledge as possible on various
waste management streams, industry applications, biogas and biomethane
technologies and best practice examples across the entire waste to biofuel chain.
The first session focussed on problems and opportunities in the food and beverage
(FAB) industry. Prof. Schneider gave a general overview of examples and trends of
exploitation of waste streams in Europe to set the context for the day. Prof. Voca
presented on new possible substrates in the biogas production domain. Agrokor
company representatives then gave an overview of the main barriers for exploiting or
disposing of food and beverage industry waste streams. The final presentation in the
first session was from Dr. Panjicko, who spoke about biogas production in specific
food and beverage industries.
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The second session focused on best practice in Croatia on advanced waste
management and biogas/biomethane production schemes. This included
presentations from Mr. Petek (City of Ljubljana) and Mr. Juresic (Ponikve, Island of
Krk) on advanced waste management schemes and Mr. Sandic (Croatian biogas
association, Energija bioplina), Mr. Novakovits (Gussing) and Mr. Milosevic (BDI) on
advanced waste to biogas/biomethane technologies and existing schemes.
In order to stimulate a certain level of interaction a round table discussion was
organized, chaired by Prof.dr.sc. Neven Duic; this enabled better engagement with
the participants and provided an effective platform for communication and
discussion. Special focus was on current barriers, legal requirements and market
conditions. Presentation was made by the representatives of E-Kolektor (part of
Agrokor Group) the biggest operators and collectors of industry waste in Croatia.
This event featured 142 participants, ranging from national officials, local government
officials, various agency representatives, industry representatives and NGOs.
Figure 1: Photos from the first day of the conference in Zagreb
Day 2 & 3 – Island of Krk Location: Beli Kamnik Hotel, Island of Krk
Date/time: 14th October (11:30 – 14:30) and 15th of October 2016 (09:00 – 13:00)
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These events provided a more interactive forum for discussion due to the lower
numbers; discussions were chaired by Mr. Vjeran Pirsic, from EKO Kvarner, an
AgroCycle project participant. These side events took place on Krk Island.
The focus was more on local waste streams and their utilisation, with special emphasis
on sustainable islands and tourism, combined with local food producers focused on
wine and olive oil. Also a very important issue covered was the legal and financial
instruments for boosting advanced technologies for waste management and biofuel
production. The main speaker was Prof. Davor Škrlec, Croatian member of the EU
Parliament introduced the legal frameworks at the Croatian and EU level. The next
speaker was Prof. Ljubomir Majdancic, Head of the Croatian Energy Efficiency and
Environment Protection Fund, which is the main financier of waste management
projects in Croatia who spoke about financial support mechanisms.
At the end of Day 3 a study tour was organized to Ponikve waste sorting and
composting facility and to Katunar winery. This is the best example of a separate waste
collection system in Croatia so it was an excellent opportunity for the participants to
visit. Additionally a visit to Katunar winery was arranged to show how grape residues
can be utilised, through a local composting facility; however it was not possible to hold
this visit due to inclement weather conditions on the day. Day 2 was attended by 41
people and Day 3 by 37 people.
Figure 2: Photos from the second and third day of the conference on Krk Island
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2.4 Conclusions
Conclusions were drawn at the end of the discussions on all three days, and they
focused on the lack of legal and financial mechanisms supporting the implementation
of advanced waste management schemes. Poor public perception of waste
management schemes is reflected in the underutilisation of biogas and especially
biomethane through waste to biofuels chains.
The general conclusion is that these kinds of events are much needed in Croatia in the
future to further raise awareness and confidence. This will become increasingly
important due to strict EU regulation and targets regarding waste management,
recycling and landfilling which will inevitably impact on all businesses and individuals
in the near future.
Combining with another Horizon 2020 project for this event proved successful
because it allowed a much wider audience to be attracted, especially in a small
country like Croatia. The main conclusions from the event highlighted the need for
strengthening the legal framework which would allow decisive measures in the
domain of waste management. Due to the reliance on landfilling and low recycling
rates, Croatia is in a very serious situation with regard to achieving future goals set by
the EU. Biogas, as a renewable source, has finally started to be a serious business
opportunity in Croatia, but based on long term feed in tariffs for electricity. A key
future step is to find common interest between waste producers and biogas producers
in order to better utilise part of the biowaste stream as a valuable resource rather
than seeing it as an environmental and economic burden.
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3. Workshop 2: Brussels, January 2017
This workshop was held in Brussels, to gain attendance of stakeholders from across
the EU, as many industry associations, companies and policy makers have offices in
Brussels and the city provides good transport connections from elsewhere in the EU.
3.1 Aims & Objectives
The key aims of the workshop as communicated with attendees were as follows:
To engage actors across all stages of the value chain
To discuss current activities (across all TRLs), issues and opportunities.
To understand typical and novel sourcing strategies, logistics and storage
arrangements, and key roles and responsibilities.
To agree on the priority areas and actions, to define the focus of future
sustainable business models.
The AgroCycle Knowledge Platform from Work Package 7 was also discussed to get
stakeholder input to maximise the impact and legacy of the project.
3.2 Target Audience
The target for this workshop was to attract a broad audience active in the bioeconomy
or related sectors, but more importantly with experience of developing and delivering
novel value chains or innovative business models. Invites were sent to representatives
from the following stakeholder groups:
Agriculture – including Trade Associations and National Farmers Unions
Industry – including Trade Associations, major producers, waste management
companies and waste managers from corporate sector, retailers, brand
owners
Government – influential policy makers and regulators
3.3 Conference Overview
Location: Catalonia Trade & Investment office, Rue de la Loi 227, Brussels
Date/time: 26th January 2017 (11.00 - 16.00)
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The event combined a series of project-related and technical presentations from
members of the project team and key industry representatives, with interactive
discussion sessions exploring the main topics in more depth.
The day was chaired by Lucy Hopwood, Director and Lead Consultant for Bioenergy
and Anaerobic Digestion at NNFCC, The Bioeconomy Consultants. With over ten years’
experience, Lucy is regarded as an independent expert on AD and bioenergy and
related feedstocks; working with industry, government and research & innovation
projects to develop bioenergy and broader bioeconomy value chains across the EU.
The discussion groups were led by Caitlin Burns and Lucie Pfaltzgraff, both also from
NNFCC.
In total 12 people presented, from across the supply chain and from a range of sectors,
including from policy, research, industry, industry associations and EU innovation
projects. The full programme for the day is included in Annex 2b and all presentations
will be available from the AgroCycle project website (www.agrocycle.eu).
Morning Session: Introduction & Novel Value Chains
Firstly, Ciaran Mangan from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for
Research and Innovation gave an introduction to the EC’s support for bioeconomy
innovation projects and talked about the current programme and plans for the future.
Prof. Shane Ward, a Professor of Biosystems Engineering at University College Dublin
has a long track record in research and innovation projects. Shane is the Project Co-
ordinator for AgroCycle and gave an introduction to the project as well as introducing
more broadly the circular economy and providing some thought-provoking analogies
for future waste systems.
Dr Caitlin Burns is a bioeconomy consultant at NNFCC, based in York, UK. She is
leading a number of deliverables for AgroCycle and organised this workshop to feed
into WP8. Caitlin introduced the aims of the workshop and provided a number of
examples of novel value chains and sustainable business models from parallel sectors.
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Boris Cosic, a research assistant and PhD candidate in the Department of Energy,
Power Engineering and Environment at the University of Zagreb and SDEWES
presented the outputs from WP1 activities where he was involved in quantifying the
availability of agri-food residues in the EU.
Alex Krick, the Deputy General Secretary at CIBE – the International Confederation of
European Beet Growers presented an overview of how the sugar beet industry has
grown into one of the most innovative industries for utilising agricultural side-streams.
This led into the first discussion on Novel Value Chains.
Discussion Session 1: Novel Value Chains
All attendees were pre-assigned to one of two smaller discussion groups to get
balanced and mixed views from across sectors and the supply chain, including from
policy, research, industry, industry associations and EU innovation projects.
Value chains were defined as all the activities from agricultural production of
resources, to product manufacturing, distribution, retail for purposes of this project.
However, sustainable value chains should then use end of life products as resources
for more products. Truly sustainable value chains were defined as those which
enhance economic sustainability by creating added value, social sustainability by
facilitating more equitable distribution of added value among stakeholders and
environmental sustainability by reducing ecological footprints throughout the value
chain.
Both groups were tasked with discussing the following questions to inform
subsequent project activities. Questions 7 and 8 were discussed in more depth, and
stakeholders transcribed their discussion into a chart of the key action areas to
overcome barriers and realise opportunities which is included below.
1. Most influential players in developing and operating value chains
2. What are the key roles and responsibilities?
3. What are the typical sourcing strategies, logistics and storage arrangements?
4. What has led to the success of existing novel value chains?
5. Why are existing value chains failing to deliver true value?
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6. Where are the key opportunities? E.g. underutilised feedstocks, game
changing technologies, new markets
7. What are the key barriers? E.g. Communication, feedstock, market and
logistics.
8. Key action areas to enable novel sustainable value chains to develop and
thrive?
The following provides a summary of the key themes emerging from the discussions
with further detail on specific actions described in the worksheets included below.
Across the supply chain, retailers and large companies were seen to be key
influencers. Whereas, farmers are not empowered to influence and lack
understanding of new opportunities. Policy and farmers unions could help
disseminate contacts.
More targeted communication to different groups of stakeholders across the
supply chain is essential to raise awareness of new technologies and markets.
There is a need to drive market demand by educating consumers and utilising
public procurement.
Some member states and regions have developed infrastructure, others less
so; this appears to be highly dependent on the economic landscape and
regional priorities. Key infrastructure is developed where needed, and as a
result productivity, yields and value improve.
Successful novel value chains were attributed to well-structured markets,
strong market demand, supportive policy, and adding value to current
operations.
The effective design of policy is important as many renewable energy support
mechanisms have skewed biomass use to bioenergy by giving too generous
incentives. Currently there is no incentive to use wastes for products and due
to the resulting higher value outputs, until there is a market pull there will be
no incentive.
There is a need for a whole agricultural system re-think to reduce waste;
potentially through making farmers have licenses, i.e. tighter regulation or
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providing an indirect incentive or reward to encourage new scheme
participation.
Industry might be able to get better value from novel chains but if you divert
agri-waste to higher value outputs instead of compost, you then need to
source or develop a compost replacement, rather than risking reverting back
to synthetic fertilisers – it is important the new value chains don’t negatively
impact on existing markets and other successful developments.
The size of the producer (farmer) is important:
o Small– have to use everything to make the business work
o Large – don’t have to use everything, but trying to use more to
strengthen their business
o Medium – difficult group to generalise about; don’t have to use
everything and often don’t have the interest in using everything, so
valuable resources can be lost
Cost and carbon considerations are important but not are widely recognised
by key value chain players. Often each step will consider their own activity with
little or no consideration for how they affect adjacent steps.
The following principles generally apply, but for any combination to work they
must use an existing feedstock.
o New product and new market = fail
o Existing product and new market = success
o New product and existing market = success
Action Areas
Key action areas to support novel sustainable value chains were discussed and
identified in the discussion groups. These action areas were captured on the work
sheets included below.
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Afternoon Session: Project Presentations & Sustainable Business Models
This session commenced with a series of four flash-presentations to highlight project
activities being undertaken in parallel which may be of interest or provide benefit to
attendees and other AgroCycle partners.
Hartmut Welck, a senior project manager at Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum based in
Germany introduced the 3-year Horizon 2020 project he is working on AgriForValor,
about valorizing side-streams in Ireland, Hungary and Spain.
Dr Lucie Pfaltzgraff, a bioeconomy consultant for NNFCC spoke about her work on
innovation support projects and gave an introduction to BioBase4SME, a 3-year
Interreg funded project which provides innovation support to SMEs in North-West
Europe seeking to build value chains in the bioeconomy.
Stefan Ruyters, a project manager for Flanders Bio Based Valley in Belgium, is the
project coordinator of SuperBIO, a 3-year Horizon 2020 project. Stefan outlined the
projects aims as developing new, innovative, cross-border and cross-sectorial
industrial value chains in the bio-based economy. A range of innovation services are
available to SMEs, funded by the project.
Finally in the series of flash presentations, Edurne Gaston Estanga, a project manager
and science communicator at Iris in Barcelona spoke about their role coordinating
AgriMax, a 3-year Horizon 2020 project seeking to valorise agri- and food-waste based
on flexible multi-feedstock biorefinery processing technologies for new high added
value applications
Providing more industry-focus, Brecht De-Roo, a Global Environmental Program
Manager at Cargill in Antwerp, Belgium gave an industry perspective of the
importance and value of utilising wastes, and presented some examples of how Cargill
have approached this to date.
Victoria Wood, a PhD student and lecturer at Harper Adams University in the UK
introduced her work within the AgroCycle project to explore business models in the
retail sector to utilize unavoidable food waste.
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Finally, Edurne Gaston Estanga from Iris spoke about her role in the AgroCycle project;
she unveiled the plans for the AgroCycle Knowledge Platform, which is still in
development and was looking for suggestions to help improve its usefulness for the
industry and legacy of the project. This led us into the second discussion session,
focusing on Sustainable Business Models.
In order to help novel sustainable value chains break into established markets, the
business models were discussed in groups.
Discussion Session 2: Sustainable Business Models
Again, all attendees were pre-assigned to one of two discussion groups to get
balanced and mixed views from across sectors and the supply chain.
Business models were defined as the logic in which you create and capture value,
including how you create value for your customers, and how you capture value for
yourself.
The below questions were discussed to inform the project and stimulate discussion.
Questions 7 was discussed in more depth, and stakeholders transcribed their
discussion into a chart of the key themes which is summarised below.
1. What are the critical elements of an effective business model? E.g. structure,
communication, etc.
2. What are the most typical current business models for handling agri-residues?
3. Who are the most influential key players?
4. Where are current business models failing?
5. What actions are required to address these failures?
6. What are the key features or examples of novel successful business models?
7. What are the priority areas and actions required for future sustainable
business models?
8. What will be most useful to communicate (and how) via the AgroCycle
knowledge platform?
A range of business models and examples were discussed and linked to current
practices. Some of the key themes emerging from discussion are listed below:
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Key elements can be about profit but it’s important that all the actors in the
chain get the value they deserve and it is fair.
Communication is key; need to be upfront about aspirations and intentions,
and communicate openly and regularly to ensure any deviations or issues are
considered and addressed before they arise.
Market is the most important driver; in the absence of an existing market or
clearly demonstrable market need a business will not attract interest,
investment or innovation so is unlikely to succeed.
The needs and objectives of a whole company need to be aligned, rather than
segmenting by activity or sector – a whole systems approach is likely to deliver
value, whereas independently operated systems are likely to result in conflict.
Mapping waste is important; considering what, where and when waste is
generated. It is essential to understand these critical elements before taking
action and developing solutions as without a constant stream of waste the
business is likely to fail.
Certification schemes could be effective ways to improve business practices
and to encourage more effective sharing of knowledge; setting standards or
guidelines to be adhered to is likely to strengthen individual and collective
business sectors.
Supporting more co-operative schemes through facilitating actions could help
smaller farms to valorise wastes; for example, using fiscal incentives to
indirectly incentivise co-operation or to penalise non co-operation.
With more data becoming available we are starting to better understand
consumer needs; so with more analysis a value chain could become
reactionary rather than proactively delivering goods ahead of the need being
confirmed. This would operate similarly to the “Ryanair model” whereby
consumers can order food (or products) in advance for lower prices or pay a
premium if buying as required.
Need to start small scale to demonstrate that something is realistic and
achievable; rapid growth can be achieved once a product or business concept
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has been demonstrated, resulting in less risk being taken and a greater success
rate.
Develop communications, language and knowledge sharing platforms to
improve confidence and uptake, which in turn reduces risks through increased
awareness.
Servitisation, solution providers, and mass production could be key business
models to democratise agri-waste valorisation – by reducing risk and technical
knowledge required to operate bio-processing equipment.
Contracts and new technologies need to be flexible and products not too
radically different from current – to encourage uptake by consumers;
transitionary- as opposed to step-change is preferred, which allows producers,
the market and the consumers time to adapt to and understand the benefits,
eventually gaining stronger value recognition for all players in the chain.
As a means of concluding discussions, participants were asked to place stickers next
to the business models they felt had most potential to enable agri-food wastes, co-
products and by-products to be valorised (to quantify the enthusiasm for different
business model ideas), or to add other business model examples they felt important.
The outcomes from the two groups are included below.
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3.4 Conclusions
There were some clear common themes emerging from the discussions, but also
differing opinions, especially with regard to business models, depending on the
stakeholder category being represented, typically based on size of business and
attitude to risk. According to the prioritisation exercise undertaken at the end of the
discussion, most people favoured the lower cost and lower risk solutions along with
several of the Business to Business models. Fewer participants favoured some of the
more innovative models, primarily because they felt they were inappropriate for the
nature of the businesses involved or would not address a particular challenge
currently being faced by their sector.
In terms of developing novel value chains, again typically smaller stakeholder
categories such as producers and logistics companies prefer a more conservative
transitional approach. Game changing technologies can evidently be highly successful,
as demonstrated by some of the examples presented by the speakers, but only if other
critical elements of the chain develop at similar rates, in parallel. An example
discussed focussed on the rate at which policies and regulation can be amended to
accommodate rapid technological changes; typically this happens at a far slower rate,
leaving technology ahead of policies and regulation and thus generally unsupported.
Perception from most groups represented was that transitional change is better than
step change when considering success rates and levels of adoption; related changes
can then be made in parallel giving time for communication and education to be
delivered effectively. Early awareness of all stakeholders generally leads to far higher
success rates as opposed to communicating new ideas and strategies as they are
introduced.
The consumer and the market in particular needs time to adapt, as do producers, so
innovation is risky by done right is can clearly be successful.
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Annex 1
1a) Workshop 1: Invitation
Figure 3: Letter from the President of the Republic of Croatia accepting the high
patronage for the Sustainable municipal and agricultural waste management event
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1b) Workshop 2: Invitation
AgroCycle Workshop: Barriers and Opportunities to
Valorising Agri-food wastes, co-products and by-products
(AWCBs)
Location: Catalonia Trade & Investment office, Rue de la Loi 227, Brussels http://catalonia.com/en/offices/brussels.jsp Date: January 26th 2017
Time: 11.00 - 16.00 CET
Overview
We are inviting you to join us to hear about the latest initiatives for utilising agri-food wastes, co-products and by-products (AWCBs) across the EU. We feel your knowledge, expertise and involvement in the sector will be invaluable to our debate on the future of the industry, along with other stakeholders from across EU supply chains. We would be delighted if you can join us to contribute to this debate, as we work to inform EU policy and help build a more sustainable food production system.
AgroCycle
AgroCycle is a 3-year Horizon2020 funded project, which kicked off in June 2016 aiming to increase the valorisation of agri-food waste, using innovation and communication. We need to explore and understand the barriers and opportunities to utilising agri-food wastes, co-products and by-products (AWCBs) in particular sustainable value chains and business models, to support industry.
Reasons to attend
The free invite-only workshop is an opportunity for us to bring together some key influential players with interests and activities in this sector, to present and discuss particular opportunities and barriers requiring action and to share experience of novel value chains and emerging or established successful business models. Being involved in the workshop will give you opportunities to:
Influence EU wide policy on this topic Find out about novel business models and value chains Help build a more sustainable high value food industry Network with industrial stakeholders across the supply chain from agriculture,
logistics, manufacturing to retail Meet researchers at the forefront of food waste valorisation Contribute to and benefit from ongoing activities and findings from the
AgroCycle project
Provisional programme
We will hear from AgroCycle partners and cross sector stakeholders on new business models and sustainable value chains to stimulate informed interactive discussions.
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Confirmed presentations include:
Opening of the Workshop, European Commission DG Research and Innovation Directorate – Bioeconomy
Introduction to AgroCycle, Prof Shane Ward, AgroCycle project coordinator, University College Dublin
Aims of the workshop, Dr Caitlin Burns, NNFCC
Availability of waste streams across the EU, Dr Boris Cosic, SDEWES
Novel business models in the retail sector, Victoria Woods, Harper Adams University
SuperBIO: Supporting novel value chains, Lucie Pfaltzgraff, NNFCC
Biobase Europe pilot plant, Dr Lieve Hoflack
AgroCycle Knowledge Platform, Dr Edurne Gaston Estanga
Innovation in the Sugar beet industry, Alex Krick, CIBE
Plus more talks from industry and waste utilisation projects
Workshop Discussions
As we really value your knowledge on this topic, structured discussions will focus on opportunities and barriers for increasing the utilisation of agricultural wastes, co-products and by-products, such as:
What are the key barriers? Eg. Communication, feedstock, market and logistics.
Where are the key business opportunities? Eg. underutilised feedstocks, game changing technologies, new markets
Why are existing value chains failing to deliver true value?
What has led to the success of existing novel value chains?
Where are current business models failing? What actions are required to address these failures?
What are the priority areas and actions required for future sustainable business models?
What are the unintended consequences of developing new value chains, eg. should we be diverting resources away from animal feed towards high value chemicals?
What will be most useful to communicate (and how) via the AgroCycle knowledge platform?
Register
We would be delighted if you are able to accept this invitation. Please contact Dr Caitlin Burns, Bioeconomy Consultant at NNFCC ([email protected] or +44(0)1904 567946) to confirm your involvement. Alternatively, please pass the invite to a suitable colleague or nominate a suggested alternative contact for us to invite if you are unable to join us.
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2a) Workshop 1: Programme The program of the workshop - Zagreb 13th October 2016:
09:30 – 10:00 REGISTRATION
10:00 – 10:30 Opening ceremony of the workshop:
prof. dr. sc. Zvonimir Guzović, Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering A representative of the Zagreb Holding company – Čistoća subsidiary
prof. dr. sc. Neven Duić (Project Manager of Bin2Grid and AgroCycle projects) - Introduction to the workshop and a brief overview Bin2Grid and AgroCycle projects
10:30 – 10:45 prof. dr. sc. Daniel R. Schneider (UNIZAG FSB) – Good examples and trends of exploitation waste stream in the EU
10:45 – 11:00 prof. dr. sc. Neven Voća (UNIZAG AGR) – Trends in the use of new substrates in biogas plants
11:00 – 11:15 Agrokor company: Experience with the waste in the food industry
11:15 – 11:30 dr. sc. Mario Panjičko (Centre for Development of Sustainable Technology Ltd.) – Biogas production from difficult degradable waste streams
11:30 – 12:00 BREAK
12:00 – 12:15 Igor Petek (SNAGA Ljubljana company) – Waste management in large cities and biogas / biomethane production
12:15 – 12:30 Ivan Jurešić (Ponikve eko otok Krk Ltd.) – Integrated waste management system on the island, with an emphasis on biomass
12:30 – 12:45 Aleksandar Sandić (Energija bioplina Ltd.) – Biogas production with a view to the advanced utilization of biowaste as a raw material for the production of biogas
12:45 – 13:00 Philipp Novakovits (GET) – An example of good practice of using advanced technologies for the exploitation of waste - the city of Gussing
13:00 – 13:15 Hrvoje Milošević (BDI) – The anaerobic treatment of industrial waste
13:15 – 14:15 ROUND-TABLE TALKS
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14:15 Lunch with the testing of eco products
The program of the workshop – Island of Krk, Njivice 14 October 2016:
11:30 – 12:00 REGISTRATION
12:00 – 12:10 Opening ceremony of the workshop: prof. dr. sc. Alen Host, Dean of the Faculty of Economics in Rijeka
12:10 – 12:30 prof. dr. sc. Saša Žiković (Faculty of Economics Rijeka) - Business Economics in biomass power plants
12:30 – 12:50 Dražen Balić (EIHP) – Socio-economic aspects of biomass power plants
12:50 – 13:10 prof. dr. sc. Mladen Vedriš (Faculty of Law, Zagreb) – Local and regional development
13:10 – 13:30 dr. sc. Nenad Starc, Emeritus Scientist (Institute of Economics Zagreb) – New Law on Islands
13:30 – 13:50 Dean Kosić (Ponikve eko otok Krk Ltd.) – Disposal of pomace (from olives and grapes) on the island of Krk
13:50 – 14:30 ROUND-TABLE TALKS
14:30 – 20:00 Tour of the plants and the locations on the Island of Krk
The program of the workshop – Island of Krk, Njivice 15 October 2016:
09:00 – 09:30 REGISTRATION
09:30 – 09:40 Opening ceremony of the workshop
09:40 – 10:00 prof. dr. sc. Davor Škrlec (European Parliament representative) – Circular Economy
10:00 – 10:20 dr. sc. Željko Prgomet (Polytechnic of Rijeka) – Estimates of pomace and other biomass from agriculture in the Mediterranean
10:20 – 10:40 Marijan Kavran mag. oec. MBA (Croatian wood cluster) – The forests on the islands and coastal areas as an additional source of biomass for energy independence of islands
10:40 – 11:00 prof. dr. sc. Ljubomir Majdandžić (Acting Director of Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund) – The role of the Fund (and the state) in the financing of projects in the domain of the use of biomass
11:00 – 12:00 ROUND-TABLE TALKS
12:00 – 18:00 Tour of the plants and the locations on the Island of Krk
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2b) Workshop 2: Programme Morning Session
Chaired by Lucy Hopwood, NNFCC
11 am - Registration (30mins)
11.30 am – Bioeconomy at the European Commission - Ciaran Mangan, Directorate-
General Research and Innovation (10 mins)
11.40 am - Intro to AgroCycle – Prof Shane Ward, UCD (15 mins)
11.55 am - Aim of workshop - Dr Caitlin Burns, NNFCC (10 mins)
12.05 pm - WP1: Availability of EU agri-food residues - Boris Cosic, SDEWES (15 mins)
12.20 pm - Innovation in the Sugar beet industry - Alex Krick, CIBE (10 mins)
12.30 pm - Discussion - Value Chains (1 hour) – discussing the sourcing strategies,
responsibilities, barriers, opportunities and examples of successful and failing value
chains of agri-food residues.
1.30 pm - Lunch (30 mins)
Afternoon Session
2 pm - AgriForValor – Hartmut Welck, Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum (2 mins)
2.02 pm – Biobase4SME- Dr Lucie Pfaltzgraff, NNFCC (2 mins)
2.04 pm - SuperBIO - Stefan Ruyters, Flanders Bio Based Valley (2 mins)
2.06 pm – AgriMax – Edurne Gaston Estanga, Iris (2 mins)
2.10 pm - Global industry perspective - Brecht De-Roo, Cargill (10 mins)
2.20 pm - Novel retail business models - Victoria Wood, Harper Adams (10 mins)
2.30 pm - AgroCycle Knowledge Platform - Edurne Gaston Estanga, Iris (15 mins)
2.45 pm - Discussion - Business Models (1 hour) – discussing the business models
required to enable novel agri-food residue value chains to be successful, and priority
areas for action. Also, exploring how AgroCycle’s knowledge platform can be most
effective for facilitating an increase in residue valorization.
3.45 pm - Conclusions (15mins)
4 pm - Close of Workshop
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3a) Workshop 1: Attendance List (full)
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3b) Workshop 2: Attendance List
Name Organisation
Caitlin Burns NNFCC The Bioeconomy Consultants, UK
Lucy Hopwood NNFCC The Bioeconomy Consultants, UK
Alex Krick C.I.B.E. - International Confederation of European Beet Growers
Shane Ward University College Dublin, Ireland
Ger Hanley University College Dublin, Ireland
Boris Cosic SDEWES, Croatia
Victoria Wood Harper Adams University, UK
Edurne Gaston Estanga Iris, Spain
Beatriz Arribas CEMA - European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association
Laura Tita EUBIA - European Biomass Industry Association
Justin Carton Manor Farms, Ireland
Sotiris Patsios NRRE/CPERI/CERTH, Greece
Katie Jarvis (via Anna Simpson) National Farmers Union, UK
Valentin Opfermann Copa Cogeca, EU farmers association
Stefan Ruyters Flanders Bio Based Valley, Belgium
Guillermo Garcia-Garcia Loughborough Centre for Sustainable Manufacturing an d Recycling Technologies, UK
Hartmut Welck Agriforvalor, EU project
Lucie Pfaltzgraff NNFCC The Bioeconomy Consultants, UK
Brecht De Roo Cargill, International
Kathy Roussel Agriculture Horticulture Development Board, UK, Brussels office
Ciaran Mangan European Commission, Directorate-General Research and Innovation
Olivier Diana European Commission Directorate General for Agriculture and rural development
Filip Raymaekers DLV / EIP Agri experts
Joanna Dupont-Inglis EuropaBio, EU wide
Paul Thornton Vireol, UK
mercè balcells University of Lleida, Spain
Elena Benedetti AEP Polymers Srl, Italy
María Hijosa Valsero ITACyL – Instituto Tecnologico Agrario Junta de Castilla Y Leon, Spain