Current state and future directions of bioeconomy in the Czech Republic

This article presents the current status of the development of bioeconomy in the Czech Republic. Although the country has no unified strategy on bioeconomy, there are ambitious governmental innovation strategies and focused strategies for each region. Traditionally, the country has had a strong research performance in chemistry and biology, which together with developed agriculture, forestry and food industries, provides a good foundation for the development of locally based circular systems. Moreover, the government supports research on tools and applications of new plant breeding technologies, including genome editing, and there is a strong initiative from the research community calling to update EU regulatory policy in this area.

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Although the Czech Republic lacks a unified bioeconomy strategy, the government has ambitious innovation strategies and regional focused strategies. The country has strong research performance in chemistry and biology, along with developed agriculture, forestry, and food industries, providing a good foundation for circular systems. Additionally, the government supports research on new plant breeding technologies like genome editing, with a strong initiative from the research community to update EU regulatory policy in this area.