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Agricultural Biomass Utilisation as a Key Driver for Malaysian Bioeconomy

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Knowledge-Driven Developments in the Bioeconomy

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This chapter address some key opportunities and challenges for the bioeconomy development in Malaysia with an emphasis on biomass utilization, energy and industry applications. A few related areas have been reported and the discussion includes various resources including issues in supply chain pertaining to biomass sustainability and availability. Some examples of the food and food related ingredients project outcomes (rubber industry, banana, palm oil industry) were exhibited and their significance in Malaysian bioeconomy is proposed. Case studies and examples are provided to illustrate both driving forces and constraints (past, present and future) of bioeconomy development in Malaysia. A few bioeconomy projects in Malaysia which directly or indirectly contribute to international policy related to climate change, food technology and technology transfer are reported. An overview of the selected research project that was conducted by Universiti Sains Malaysia’s researchers in relation to biomass resource development and minimization of the environmental impacts was depicted through an integrated research flow diagram.

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Acknowledgement

We would like to give our gratitude to the German Academic Exchange service (DAAD), German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and University of Hohenheim for giving us the opportunity to contribute to this book chapter. We hope the information provided will be fruitful to the readers and benefits the target community. At the same time, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia welcomes any further discussions and collaborations in order to achieve the target. Last but not least special thanks to Megat, Aisyah, Fariha, Shlrene, Kamilah and Syazana in assisting for the preparation of this book chapter. Thank you.

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  1. Environmental Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

    Ismail Norli

  2. Food Technology Division, School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

    Ariffin Fazilah

  3. Northern Skills Development Centre Sdn. Bhd., Penang, Malaysia

    Ismail Mohamad Pazli

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Norli, I., Fazilah, A., Mohamad Pazli, I. (2017). Agricultural Biomass Utilisation as a Key Driver for Malaysian Bioeconomy. In: Dabbert, S., Lewandowski, I., Weiss, J., Pyka, A. (eds) Knowledge-Driven Developments in the Bioeconomy. Economic Complexity and Evolution. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58374-7_8

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