CANADIAN R&D STRATEGY FOR BIOPRODUCTS AND BIOPROCESSES

Project - Canadian R&D strategy for bioproducts and bioprocesses for the advancement of the bioeconomy
Client - National Research Council Canada (NRC)

Description - Science-Metrix was commissioned by the Research Program Support Office of the National Research Council Canada (NRC) to develop a Canadian strategy to increase research and development capacity in the field of bioproducts and bioproceses. To establish the foundations for this strategy, Science-Metrix evaluated current practices in Canada and throughout the world. The report analyzes the bioeconomy concept: characterizes feedstocks used by bio-industries and describe the main types of bioproducts and bioprocesses. The report then assesses the economic potential of bioeconomic products and processes and presents an evaluation of Canadian provincial scientific and technological performance in the field based on scientometrics and technometrics. The next section presents public policies adopted in Europe and the US to establish a framework for R&D. Lastly, Science-Metrix formulates recommendations for the elaboration of a Canadian strategy for R&D in bioproducts and bioprocesses not related to health.

The methodological approach used in this report was twofold. Firstly, existing information was gathered from governmental and private reports, scientific publications and official websites, synthesized and used for the descriptive parts of the report, such as the characterization of bioproducts and bioprocesses and foreign public policy analysis. Secondly, the report drew on scientometric and technometric methods to evaluate Canada’s performance in the field in comparison to the rest of the world.

STUDY REPORT

Archambault É. et al. 2004.
Towards a Canadian R&D Strategy for Bioproducts and Bioprocesses. Prepared for the National Research Council Canada (NRC) by Science-Metrix, 147 pages.
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