Centre for Bioeconomy at Fanshawe College (CBE@FAN)

为了加强对农业食品生产部门的服务，这是2017-2020年新战略授权协议（SMA）下应用研究的优先领域，范肖学院提议在范肖学院（CBE@Fan）建立生物经济中心，这是我们新开设的生物技术高级研究和创新中心（CARIB）内的一个协作性的行业主导的研究中心。联邦和省的政策着眼于通过增加创新来发展农业食品生产部门（以及更广泛的农业），认识到它对各级经济的重要性。然而，农业食品生产商面临着阻碍增长的创新障碍，包括知识传播效率低下和技术采用延迟，对产品开发和商业化的支持不足，以及熟练劳动力短缺。目前，范莎每年与该领域约40家公司合作，但需要CBE@Fan增加能力来解决这些更大的行业问题。与当地和区域利益相关者协商确定的生物经济项目，包括创造新的生物产品，改进现有的食品和饮料产品，以及农业食品废物的增值，可在以下三个主题领域提供服务byCBE@Fan: 1)植物和土壤健康；2)食品创新；3)农业食品废弃物转化为生物产品价值链。合作伙伴可获得的设施、设备、专业知识和人员将使创新投资有价值，加快产品开发和商业化，并通过强调研究和创新的协作和网络化方法来改善知识传播和技术采用。此外，通过让学生参与公司主导的应用研究项目，CBE@Fan将为当地劳动力培养能够将创新活动从实验室转化为工作场所的高素质人才（HQP）。最终，我们预计CBE@Fan将对新产品的商业化，建立新的收入来源和创造新的就业机会产生直接而重大的影响。

To enhance its service to the agri-food production sector, a priority area for applied research under its newStrategic Mandate Agreement (SMA) 2017-2020, Fanshawe College proposes to establish the Centre forBioeconomy at Fanshawe College (CBE@Fan), a collaborative, industry-led research hub within our newlyopened Centre for Advanced Research and Innovation in Biotechnology (CARIB). Federal and provincialpolicy looks to grow the agri-food production sector (and agriculture more generally) through increasedinnovation, recognizing its importance to the economy at all levels. However, agri-food producers face sectoralbarriers to innovation that hamper growth, including inefficient knowledge diffusion and delayed technologyadoption, insufficient support for product development and commercialization, and shortages of skilled labour.Currently, Fanshawe engages with about forty companies in this sector a year, but requires CBE@Fan'sincreased capacity to address these larger sectoral issues. Consultation with local and regional stakeholdersidentified bioeconomy projects-including the creation of new bioproducts, the enhancement of existing foodand beverage products, and the valorization of agri-food waste-in three theme areas that could be served byCBE@Fan: 1) plant and soil health; 2) food innovation; and 3) Agri-Food Waste to Bioproducts Value Chains.The facilities, equipment, expertise, and personnel available to partners would make investments in innovationworthwhile, expedite product development and commercialization, and improve knowledge diffusion andtechnology adoption through its emphasis on collaborative and networked approaches to research andinnovation. Further, by involving students in company-led applied research projects, CBE@Fan will develophighly qualified personnel (HQP) for the local workforce able to translate innovation activities from the lab tothe workplace. Ultimately, we anticipate CBE@Fan will have an immediate and significant impact on thecommercialization of new products, the establishment of new revenue streams, and the creation of new jobs.