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Technologies to Decarbonise the Agri-Food Sector in Asia Identified in 2023 Asia Food Challenge Report
The good news – there are readily available technologies and practices to address this. We quantified the impact of more than 20 of the most suitable technologies, which have the potential to reduce CO e emissions from agri-food in Asia by 12% ( 840 Mt CO e) by 2030. This is the equivalent of all CO e emissions from global aviation in 2022.
Significant investment is required to implement these technologies – up to US$125bn for on-farm technologies on rice and cattle farms, in addition to infrastructure investments. However, agri-food can still represent a better carbon return on investment than sectors such as energy and aviation due to the relatively low capital expenditure and high technology readiness level of solutions.
These technologies offer opportunities for investors to support decarbonisation of agri-food. Technologies such as micro-irrigation to support changing rice cultivation practices, the variable rate application of farming chemicals, storage infrastructure with continuous cold chain, and the emergence of digital platforms, which are enabling farmers to access new markets and better inputs, can help reduce emissions.
Importantly, these technologies can improve profitability across the supply chain - for example, these actions could improve the gross margin of a rice farm by up to 16 ppt, e.g. by using inputs (such as fertiliser) more efficiently, extracting value from side streams, or boosting yield.
Find the full report here: https://www.theasiafoodchallenge.com/ .
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