Grass factory – from meadow grass to innovative materials
BRANCHES was a H2020 “Coordinaton Support Action” project, that brought together 12 partners from 5 different countries. The overall objective of BRANCHES was to foster knowledge transfer and innovation in rural areas (agriculture and forestry), enhancing the viability and competitiveness of biomass, supply chains and promoting innovative technologies, rural bioeconomy solutions and sustainable agricultural and forest management.
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Contribution detail info
- Location
- Germany
- Authors
- Shalaja Weber
- Laura Garcia
- Purpose
- Communication
- Dissemination
- File type
- Document
- File size
- 743 kB
- Created on
- 31-12-2023
- Origin language
- English
- Official project website
- –
- License
- CC BY
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