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Defugo at COP27: "1.3 billion tonnes of food is what we grow, transport and then throw out and never consume"

During the UN climate conference COP27, Defugo Technologies participated in the COP27 Climate Hub, an on-site and digital broadcast hosted by We Don’t Have Time from Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt. David Coleman, Chairman at Defugo Technologies joined the broadcast from Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt to talk about decarbonizing agriculture.
David Coleman joined the COP27 Climate Hub on November 11 to talk about decarbonizing agriculture.
David Coleman joined the COP27 Climate Hub on November 11 to talk about decarbonizing agriculture.

David went on stage in Sharm El-Sheikh to present the Universal Processing Plant (UPP) that can process every kind of biomass fully, and separate the components to optimize their use in making food or bioenergy. The plant plays an important role in tackling the problem of food waste by giving us a way to make use of wasted food instead of burning it or sending it to landfill. Tackling this problem has multi-dimensional implications as we can reduce food prices, feed more people, and contribute to the health of people in general. The plant not only processes the food waste and separates the nutrients so that they can be reused in new food products, but it can also process hard, inedible or woody parts into biomass or hydrogen that can be used for energy production. Making use of biomass that would otherwise go to landfill for energy requirements decreases the cultivation of crops that are grown to be used as energy sources, giving more space to grow food or restore forests. It’s a win-win!
Global food and energy shortage and our ever-growing land use are two huge challenges for a growing population. At Defugo, we believe that our UPP can contribute to a system shift that can allow us to feed up to 50 billion people in a sustainable way, as it makes full use of each piece of food we produce and solves the paradox of burning perfectly edible crops in order to make energy. By separating the edible parts from the inedible parts, we can make both energy and food out of each crop, contributing to both the food and energy crises while preventing millions of tons of food from going to landfill
We have tested our UPP on 150 different crops and biomasses from all over the world, and we have found that it can successfully process all of them. This includes every commercial crop that farmers grow in the world.
"Defugo's goal is to create this generation, our generation, as the first generation since humans began farming to realistically hand on to the next generation, the Earth in a better condition than what we got it in," David said of Defugo's ambitions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLQgXSGO1KM&t=22020s

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  • Evangeline Wanjiru

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    The UPP is definitely a great way to avoid food wastage in that every component is used to its maximum capacity

    • Sarah Chabane

      69 w

      Tackling food waste is such an important goal if we want to create resilient societies and feed humanity. Defugo's solution can be a gamechanger in the matter!

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