Innovation Roadmap for obtaining bioactives and bioproducts through biorefinery processes, valuing agricultural, aquacultural and industrial waste and by-products in the northern region of Peru.

From March to September 2022, we carry out the project to obtain bioactives and bioproducts through biorefinery processes for the valorization of agricultural, aquaculture and industrial waste in the Northern region of Peru.

The project is promoted by ProInnóvate in Peru and executed by Camposol-Marinasol, the largest agro-export company in Peru, in collaboration with regional support institutions.

Consulting service included: making a diagnosis of the current situation of the business group and the agribusiness and aquaculture sector in the global market; identify and prioritize competitive, technological and innovation gaps based on technology watch analysis and benchmarking; and develop a roadmap that contains a portfolio of Innovation projects that proposes strategic opportunities, prioritizes measures and/or actions, as well as the necessary resources, thus defining an action plan to achieve the vision and cover the identified gaps.

Specifically, the following activities were carried out:

A. Work plan for the preparation of the Innovation Roadmap.

• Development of the technical proposal based on the general and specific objectives of the TOR.
• The methodologies to be applied to collect primary information (interviews and workshops) taking into account remote and face-to-face work.
• Methodologies to be applied for the formulation of the HRT.
• A schedule of activities in table and Gantt format.
• Personnel responsible for each activity, dates and deadlines, including coordination meetings with the client and dates for the preliminary and final presentation of reports.

B. A diagnosis of the current situation of the business group and the agribusiness and aquaculture sector in the global market.

• Review of the corporate strategy of the group of companies and its main advances through interviews.
• Survey of new trends in global markets.
• Identification of references from other countries in biorefinery processes and preparation of an international technological mission agenda for the project's technical team.
• Results validation workshop

C. Identification and prioritization of competitive, technological and innovation gaps.

• Review and analysis of cutting-edge technological systems at a global level (Technological Surveillance), aimed at obtaining bioactives and bioproducts through biorefinery processes.
• Review of the current technological developments within the business group (level of progress, impact on the business and measurement indicators) related to the recovery of by-products and/or waste.
• Comparative evaluation (benchmarking) of Circular Economy initiatives carried out by companies in the same sector at a national and international level, which serves as a point of reference for future strategies to be applied within the business group.
• Workshop to identify and prioritize competitive, technological and innovation gaps. It includes the alignment of the gaps with the corporate vision of the companies to ensure the sustainability of the proposals.

D. Roadmap design and portfolio of innovation projects that pose strategic opportunities.

• Workshop for the definition and prioritization of actions, using validated tools and methodologies that ensure the participation of the driving group and relevant associated entities within the project's theme.
• Consolidation and validation of results with the client. Obtaining a Roadmap with the prioritized initiatives and relating it to the main drivers (opportunities and gaps) and resources.
• Action consolidation workshop. Prioritized initiatives and projects were reviewed.
• Consolidation and validation of results with the client.
• Elaboration and validation of the final product. The Roadmap includes:

o Graphical representation that shows the short (1 to 2 years), medium (3 to 5 years) and long term (>5 years) initiatives explicitly, related to drivers and resources, and aligned with the vision.
o A portfolio of projects formulated at file level (short profile), specifying the Technological Maturity Level (TRL).
o Three projects formulated (with greater methodological support).
o Monitoring and control plan containing indicators for each project and global indicators at roadmap level. Governance system proposal.