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Strategy for Non-food Crops and Uses

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Strategy for Non-food Crops and Uses

The 2004 Strategy for Non-food Crops and Uses aims to increase commercial opportunities for renewable energies and fuels. This, in turn, should reduce greenhouse gases, stimulate innovation, cut waste and environmental damage, and help to protect our precious natural resources. The strategy outlines activities aimed at increasing the use of renewable materials and fuels through:

  •         communication and sharing information
  •         building competitive and sustainable supply chains
  •         the funding of more scientific research
  •         increasing the Government’s own use of sustainable products.
 
The strategy feeds into other areas of climate change and renewable energy, low-carbon manufacturing, sustainable consumption and production, agriculture, science and innovation, including industrial  biotechnology.
 
Two-year progress report
In November 2006, an independent ‘Project Board’ published its Two-year progress report on the Strategy for Non-food Crops and Uses. They launched the report at the National Non-Food Crop Centre’s third annual conference ‘The Green Supply Chain 2006.’ The report reviewed progress to date and outlined key priorities for the next three years.
 
In addition to this, they published a separate document giving more details about the progress made against each of the 50 actions in the Strategy Action Plan at the two year point.
 
Response to the two-year progress report
On the 23 May 2007, the response to the two year progress report was published which refocused the action plan for developing the strategy to the end of 2009. As a result, the Non-Food Crops and Uses Strategy and the revised action plan has become part of the UK Biomass Strategy (please note, this is a large file and may take some time to download).
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