At BGI, 2025 was a year of growth, acceleration, and collaboration. We strengthened our
role as an innovation enabler, working closely with startups, corporates, researchers, and
public institutions to turn knowledge into impact. Increasingly, our work converges around
a clear focus: the application of biotechnology to enable nutrient efficiency, recovery and
recycling across the entire food value chain — from primary production to processing,
urban systems and environmental restoration. Across our programmes and initiatives, we supported solutions that advance sustainable
and regenerative food systems, including regenerative agriculture and soil health,
regenerative aquaculture and blue economy models, Controlled Environment Agriculture
(CEA), and smart cities and mobility. These domains are connected by a common systems
logic: reducing losses, closing nutrient loops and transforming biological flows into long-
term value. Our work at Ampliaqua exemplifies this positioning. As a research and innovation platform,
Ampliaqua integrates regenerative aquaculture, IMTA-based nutrient recovery, bioponic
CEA production and microbial processes to demonstrate how nutrients can be intelligently
captured, transformed and redeployed across interconnected food and urban systems. This
approach reflects BGI’s growing expertise in designing and validating circular,
biotechnology-enabled solutions with real-world applicability. Our engagement in European initiatives and Horizon, Eureka, and EIT-supported
programmes once again demonstrated the power of collaboration. Projects such as
LILAS4SOILS, EWA, GROW, Tech4RegenAg, our Blue Economy, Agrifood, CEA and Smart
Cities-related acceleration initiatives, and the recently launched AquaMicrobiomeDB reflect
a shared commitment to resilience and sustainability — and to the strategic importance of
nutrient circularity in achieving them. As we look ahead, our direction is clear: |
