tailieunhanh - THE TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP FOR PLANT/CROP-BASED RENEWABLE RESOURCES 2020

A key barrier to the use of plant-derived materials is the high cost of developing the market, even when unique new products have been created. As in many emerging product markets, research in new products begins in small companies that are under-capitalized and lack the resources needed to go beyond the laboratory scale. The success rate for commercialization is low and promising products often languish through lack of volume generation. Amajor effort is needed to examine improved approaches for product development, support mechanisms, and market development in relation to products that utilize renewable resources. . | THE TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP FOR PLANT CROP-BASED RENEWABLE RESOURCES 2020 Research Priorities for Fulfilling avision to Enhance . Economic Security Through Renewable Plant Crop-Based Resource Use Renewables Vision 2020 Executive Steering Group About This Roadmap A broad range of private and public sector groups contributed to production of this document. This roadmap sets forth research priorities for fulfilling goals previously identified in the Plant Crop-Based Renewable Resources 2020 vision document. The vision was also the product of input from representatives from a wide range of industries. The effort started under the leadership of the National Corn Growers Association in 1996. Many other organizations subsequently joined the collaboration and signed the Vision Compact at the 1998 Commodity Classic Convention. The . Department of Agriculture and the . Department of Energy are supportive of this multi-industry effort. Coordination and analysis of the inputs organization of the workshops and preparation of this roadmap document were carried out by Inverizon International Inc. on behalf of the Executive Steering Group Appendix 1 . The recent workshops were hosted by Dow AgroSciences LLC and facilitated by Energetics Inc. Appendices 4 and 5 . Direction for the continuing Vision activities is provided by the Executive Steering Group. The Technology Roadmap for Plant Crop-Based Renewable Resources 2020 Contents 2 Executive Summary 5 INTRODUCTION 10 Direction Goals AND Targets 12 Technical and Market Barriers 20 Research and Development Needs 27 Coordinated Approach 30 Appendices 1. Executive Steering Group 2. Agricultural and Forestry Statistics 3. Petrochemical Statistics 4. Workshop Results Research Needs and Priorities 5. Attendees at Renewable Resources Workshops Technology Roadmap for Plant Crop-Based Renewable Resources .