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The two organisations will specifically collaborate on helping countries meet the ambitious targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations signed a Memorandum of Understanding that recognises the critical role of investment in rural infrastructure, nature resources management and climate resilience in transforming agrifood systems. The two organisations will specifically collaborate on helping countries meet the ambitious targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

AIIB and FAO will explore collaboration opportunities in infrastructure investments that improve water resource management, agriculture and irrigation productivity, logistics and climate change adaptation and resilience. The two organisations will focus on digital solutions and innovations that increase efficiency productivity and preparedness. Special attention will be given to addressing the social development needs of vulnerable groups and gender issues.

“AIIB and FAO are united by our vision of realising human prosperity through sustainable development,” said Jin Liqun, AIIB President and Chair of the Board of Directors. “This partnership represents our commitment to working together to finance sustainable Infrastructure for Tomorrow. By partnering with the FAO, together we help to ensure efficient and effective use of resources and expertise across the development sector.”

The two organisations will specifically collaborate on

Biofuel industry, Environment, Supply Chain

Summit Carbon Solutions is developing the largest carbon capture and storage project in the world

Summit Carbon Solutions has announced a new partnership with Northern Plains Nitrogen (NPN) in its carbon capture and storage project, which is focused on decarbonising the agriculture and biofuels industries.

NPN is developing a world-scale blue ammonia plant near Grand Forks, North Dakota, which will supply a range of low carbon nitrogen-based fertilizer products to farmers in under-served markets in the northern United States and Canada.  The project site has been acquired and necessary permits have been received to begin site work.

Summit Carbon Solutions is developing the largest carbon capture and storage project in the world, which will have the capacity to capture and permanently store 12 million tons of carbon dioxide every year.

“NPN and Summit Carbon Solutions share the same goal of lowering the carbon footprint of agriculture while supporting farmers,” said Jim Pirolli, Chief Commercial Officer of Summit Carbon Solutions. 

NPN will capture 500,000 tons per year of carbon dioxide emissions, which Summit Carbon Solutions will transport and store permanently in central North Dakota. 

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum said, “As the first state in the nation to achieve primacy over carbon capture permitting, North Dakota is well-positioned to lead the nation in carbon capture, utilisation and storage. We’re grateful for this investment by Northern Plains Nitrogen and Summit Carbon Solutions as we seek to grow our agriculture, energy and bio-fuels industries with environmental stewardship and positive economic impact for generations to come.”

Summit Carbon Solutions is developing the largest

Animal Health, Environment

The resource now holds over 1.1 million geographic records of living organisms which are important to agriculture and the environment.

The Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) Distribution Database has reached a historic milestone with over 300,000 distribution records added in 2021 – meaning the resource now holds over 1.1 million geographic records of living organisms which are important to agriculture and the environment.

The database covers over 55,000 species, across key areas such as crop pests and hosts, crop and animal diseases, invasive species and natural enemies. The data has been sourced from peer reviewed published literature, CABI project work and other authoritative third-party sources such as EPPO and OIE.

Throughout 2021, CABI has been working hard to use new Distribution Database tools to import more geographic records. This includes over 12,000 new species to the database and information that has filled thousands of gaps in existing species distributions.

The CABI Distribution Database serves data to five different Compendia (Animal Health & Production, Aquaculture, Crop Protection, Forestry and Invasive Species), distribution maps for plant pests and plant diseases, the Horizon Scanning Tool, Pest Risk Analysis Tool, Plantwise Knowledge Bank Species Pages (Datasheets) and the Plantwise Knowledge Bank Diagnostic Tool.

Tim Beale, Senior Data Analyst at CABI, said, “CABI is regularly updating its distribution data so that when users go to our knowledge products, they can be more confident that they are getting the latest information about where their species of interest is present or absent. Furthermore, when they use our tools they can have greater trust in the results of their horizon scan, or pest risk assessment.”

The resource now holds over 1.1 million

Nature, Sustainable Energy

The estimated project cost is to the tune of Rs 1,000 crores and it is expected to generate annual revenue of approximately Rs 1500 crores

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) and GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL) have joined hands to set up a bioethanol plant of 500 KLD capacity. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up a bioethanol plant in Gujarat and cooperation in other business areas of mutual interest was signed by MV Iyer, Director (Business Development) of GAIL and Milind Torawane, MD, GACL in the presence of Bhupendrabhai Patel, Chief Minister, Gujarat, K Kailashnathan, Chief Principal Secretary, Chief Minister of Gujarat, Pankaj Joshi, Addl Chief Secretary to Chief Minister of Gujarat and Manoj Jain, CMD, GAIL at Gandhinagar.

This plant will be using corn/broken rice as feedstock with eco-friendly technology and it will produce 500 KLD Bioethanol, which will be used for blending in petrol. As by-products from this plant, 135 KTPA Protein-rich animal feed and 16.50 KTPA of corn oil while using corn as feedstock are also expected to be produced.

Dahod, Panchmahal, Aravalli and Mahisagar are major corn-producing districts in Gujarat and hence the project is likely to come up in one of these districts. A detailed feasibility study through a third party is in progress for the project.

The estimated project cost is to the tune of Rs 1,000 crores and it is expected to generate annual revenue of approximately Rs 1500 crores.
An estimated savings of $70 million per year in Foreign Exchange outgo is expected through this project. Beyond the savings, this project will also generate direct and indirect employment for around 700 individuals. Long term supply contracts for corn would encourage corn farming with sustainable, multi-fold income for farmers through increased productivity and an assured market. Steps will also be taken to improve the productivity of corn in the state with the help of the Maize Research Centre in Godhra.

The estimated project cost is to the