How do we build the institutions and public policies that are needed to develop the bioeconomy in Latin America and the Caribbean1?

The bioeconomy is a new productive paradigm that opens up multiple opportunities for the development of the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), due to the weight of natural resources in the economic structures (and subsequent industrial chains) of the region, the scientific and technological capacities accumulated so far, the existing production facilities and the promising prospects offered by the international markets for bioproducts and bioproducts. bioservices.