The 32nd annual meeting of the AAIC (Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops) will be organized in Bologna (Italy) from 6 to 10 September 2020 at DISTAL (Viale Fanin 44, Bologna, Italy).
Industrial crops are defined as crops not specifically used for food or feed applications. These plants provide raw materials and products such as starch, oils, fibers, energy, active ingredients, secondary metabolites, and rubber that are used by different industries. The Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops is an international, non-profit educational and scientific organisation established to encourage and promote the activities on industrial crops and derived products.
The annual AAIC meeting is usually organized in the USA, and until now only two times was held in Europe. It will represent the perfect venue for general public, industries, and policy makers to meet scientists covering different fields of expertise, such as: agronomy, breeding, processing, engineering, etc. of industrial products from agricultural crops. The AAIC meeting topics will be the following 5: Fiber and Cellulosic Crops, Medicinal & Nutraceutical Plants, Natural Rubber and Resins, Oilseeds, General Crops and Products including bioenergy.