Author: Hithaishi CB

Rio Tinto Chief Decarbonisation officer Jonathon McCarthy explains potential of Pongamia seed oil as a feedstock for renewable diesel, a cleaner alternative to traditional fossil fuels Rio Tinto, a British-Australian multinational company leading as mining group will develop Pongamia seed farms in Australia as part of a new biofuels pilot. The project will explore the potential of Pongamia seed oil as a feedstock for renewable diesel, a cleaner alternative to traditional fossil fuels. The pilot aims to determine if Pongamia seed oil can contribute to Rio Tinto’s renewable diesel needs while potentially contributing to the growth of a new biofuel sector…

Prime focus to conversion of biomass-based feedstocks, including sugars, cellulose, plant oils, and lignin, to sustainable chemicals and materials. Braskem the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, announced the opening of its Renewable Innovation Center at Lexington, Mass. Braskem’s new 35,000-square-foot innovation center will accelerate innovation in renewable chemicals and materials. This innovation center is the latest expansion of Braskem’s global Innovation & Technology footprint. Capabilities at the new center will expand Braskem’s competencies in biotechnology, catalysis, and process engineering. A particular focus will be…

Annual Awards Program Recognizes Innovation in Agricultural and Food Technologies around the Globe Renaissance BioScience, a leader in yeast bioengineering, announced that it has been selected as the winner of the “Crop Protection Solution of the Year” award in the fifth annual Global Awards program conducted by AgTech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies, innovations and products in today’s global agriculture and food technology markets. In the area of global agricultural crop protection, Renaissance has developed and is commercializing through collaborative partnerships the world’s first yeast-based RNA interference (RNAi) precision biopesticide platform technology that…

Fi Asia Indonesia 2024, the largest gathering of food and beverage (F&B) ingredients professionals in the ASEAN region, successfully concluded on 6 September, with unprecedented success. The three-day tradeshow broke all records – attracting a record of over 22,000 industry stakeholders, and featured more than 700 branded suppliers from 38 countries, showcasing thousands of food ingredients and F&B innovations. Ms. Rungphech (Rose) Chitanuwat, Regional Portfolio Director ASEAN at Informa Markets, enthusiastically expressed her sincere gratitude to all participants, exhibitors, and speakers who contributed to the ongoing success of Fi Asia. “We are thrilled to have again set new records, while…

Project enables Aramal-Tocok FFF MPC to grow unshelled peanuts as well as provide mechanization services, in-kind credits, and loans to local farmers The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP), formally turned over the P15-million peanut production, consolidation, and marketing project to the Aramal-Tocok Federation of Free Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (FFF MPC). The said project comprises a P14.9-million peanut consolidation and storage facility, trucks, tractors, and financial capital. In 2023, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported 31,772.15 metric tons (MT) of peanuts were produced natiomwide. Ilocos Region was the top peanut-producing region with a record of…

Director-General QU Dongyu addresses G20 Agriculture Working Group Ministerial Meeting in Brazil The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today called for greater cooperation within the G20 family of nations as global hunger targets remain worryingly out of reach. In his opening address to G20 Agriculture Working Group (AWG) Ministerial Meeting in Chapada dos Guimarães, Brazil, Qu reminded the audience that 733 million people globally continue to face hunger, meaning the world is still far off track from achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger). While notable progress has been made in the Latin American…

Gratto Nema, a solution that controls eggs, juveniles and adults of the main phytonematodes. Vitales, part of the UbyAgro Group, a company specializing in biological control solutions has launched Gratto product portfolio, which includes the highly efficient and sustainable Gratto Nema solution for integrated pest management. Gratto Nema, a solution that controls eggs, juveniles and adults of the main phytonematodes. Formulated with the fungus Purpureocillium lilacinum, strain PL11, the product is recommended for soil application and seed treatment to control the nematodes Meloidogyne incognita and Meloidogyne javanica. The prodcut is expected to have proven agronomic efficiency in lettuce, carrot, and soybean crops, and can…

The initial phase will see an investment of $200M Vietnamese logistics company Dong Tam Group (DTG) and Korea’s CS Wind Corp. have signed a cooperation agreement under which the Vietnamese outfit will lease land to the Korea equipment manufacturer for the construction of a large-scale wind power factory in Vietnam. The facility will be located in the Long Southeast Asia Industrial Park at the Long An International Port. Under the agreement, DTG will lease 50 hectares of industrial and service land to CS Wind, which will build a factory and storage yeard for onshore and offshore wind towers, as well…

With a new office in Adelaide and four major Australian projects already underway, Cisgenics introduced its next-generation irrigation technology to the Australian market Singapore based Cisgenics, a pioneer of world-class sustainable irrigation solutions, has entered the Australian market, introducing their next-generation irrigation solutions, which hold the potential to shape the future of water management in Australia.  The company is opening its first office in Adelaide and has undertaken a number of significant projects, including a world-class sporting venue and various projects for the City of West Torrens in South Australia. These projects address urban green space management and water optimisation to maintain lush, inviting landscapes…

The innovative digital-twin plant monitoring system can help facilitate precise and timely adjustment to plant environments, such as regulating the temperature of an indoor farming facility. Precision farming is an emerging field that uses analysis tools like sensors to collect data on crop plant conditions, such as temperature, humidity, moisture, and nutrient levels. The data collected from these sensors can help to optimise crop yield and allow farmers to promptly respond to changes in plant environments like heat and increased rainfall. Advancing plant sensor technologies is a multidisciplinary team of researchers from NUS that has created a first-of-its-kind all-organic plant…