Royalties for RegionS Carbon Project - showcase

Impact of phytohormones showed up to
a 30 per cent increase in wheat yield
• Market leaders including Dow,
BASF, Clariant, Evonik, DuPont,
Nestle, Nike, Volkswagen, P&G,
Novartis, L’Oreal, ThyssenKrupp,
Novamont, Versalis-ENI and
M&G Group (part of 44 per
cent of 700 chemical companies
surveyed) are looking to
produce and source more of
their chemicals from plantbased
feedstock, with plans to
increase their use of plant-based
materials over the next five
years.
• Challenges and new
opportunities (such as
regulations, activism and
new sustainability investment
requirements) are rapidly
emerging, requiring new
thinking, new ideas and new
working together throughout
value chains and across
disciplines.
• On average 94 per cent of
resources for manufacturing
are discarded as waste.
Manufacturers need to make
maximum use of every input
molecule in the final output
product to reduce cost and
increase profit.
• New products and markets
can create a competitive
differentiation/advantage.
• Renewable chemicals have
social benefits such as improved
health and safety on farm, food
safety and human wellbeing.
This scoping study has identified
several plant species that merit
further investigation through a
multi-criteria matrix rating system.
Moringa oleifera was identified as
one of the plant species with the
best potential due to its multiple
uses with several applications in
the food, health, animal feed and
chemical industry.
I. Assessments are in process;
exploring the commercial use
of Moringa leaf protein (up to
30 per cent protein on a dry
matter base) as a gluten-free
substitute for animal protein in
food: a rapidly growing market
forecasted to reach US$43
billion in 2020.
II. Moringa oil can be used as
cooking oil, cosmetic base or
fractionated for industrial and
food use.
III. The impact of phytohormones
extracted from M.oleifera on
wheat showed an up to 30 per
cent increase in yield. Published
data also indicated a 20 per cent
increase in yield in tomatoes,
peas and maize.
As most of these plant
species are perennials,
carbon would be
sequestered whilst
reducing greenhouse
gas emissions through
avoidance by replacing
synthetics.
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