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Abstract
The paper presents an evolutionary perspective on how Agricultural Knowledge
and Innovation Systems (AKIS) have adapted over time to new challenges and
technological paradigm and trajectories. Starting from a conventional science-based
approach and the robust empirical evidence supporting it, the analysis highlights the
emergence of some system failures and the need for new conceptualization and design
of the AKIS. Particularly concentrating on developed countries’ agenda, we then discuss
how, along this evolutionary pattern, bioeconomy emerges as the convergence
of traditional sectors as a result of these new technological trajectories. Finally, some
implications for the EU policies are drawn.