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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RFDS</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Regional Formation and Development Studies</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2351-6542</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2029-9370</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>KU</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">03_KOTSEVA</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15181/rfds.v38i3.2442</article-id>
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          <subject>Article</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Benefitting from the Development of the Bioeconomy: the Case of Bulgaria</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Kotseva-Tikova</surname>
            <given-names>Maria</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:maria_kotseva@yahoo.com">maria_kotseva@yahoo.com</email>
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        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_RFDS_aff_000">Sofia University</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>38</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <fpage>25</fpage>
      <lpage>33</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>13</day>
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2022</year>
      </pub-date>
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      <abstract>
        <p>The bioeconomy is a concept predominantly addressing industries producing and processing biological products with the aim of</p>
        <p>making them contribute to the transformation of modern economies into more sustainable, green, circular and climate-neutral economies.</p>
        <p>The aim of the article is to study the benefits of the development of the bioeconomy in Bulgaria, seen as economic, security</p>
        <p>and climate change impacts. All of these require a balanced management of biomass application, especially for non-food purposes,</p>
        <p>in order to obtain positive impacts and avoid the degradation of the ecosystem. For these reasons, different approaches to the governance</p>
        <p>of the bioeconomy are adopted worldwide. Bioeconomic industries in Bulgaria are vulnerable to climate change, and need</p>
        <p>investment to adapt to it. The main bioindustries are agriculture and food processing with respect to value added and employment,</p>
        <p>as they are of low efficiency in comparison with EU results. These sectors show resilience in the case of health risks and need technological</p>
        <p>modernisation and efficiency improvement through new supply chains and approaches to waste management. Renewable</p>
        <p>energy generation was stable during Covid-19 lockdowns, and impacted positively the decrease in greenhouse emmissions. Along</p>
        <p>with the ecological benefits, RES increases energy diversification and contributes to national security.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>bioeconomy</kwd>
        <kwd>green development</kwd>
        <kwd>climate change</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
      <kwd-group kwd-group-type="JEL CODES">
        <label>JEL CODES</label>
        <kwd>Q57</kwd>
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