2023-10-18 02:42:58
Ottawa has earmarked up to $5.3 million for BioFuelNet (BFN) Canada to help develop agricultural biomass supply chains, technologies and products that will grow Canada’s bioeconomy.
The investment was made under the AgriScience Program – Clusters Component, part of the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. BioFuelNet Canada’s Biomass Cluster will use the funding for research activities under three themes: biomass production, biomass feedstock supply chains, and biomass utilization.
The cluster’s research activities will include growth of biomass crops on marginal lands, the development of microbial biostimulants, and various conversion technologies.
BioFuelNet CEO Donald Smith said they plan to allocate funds to top laboratories across Canada, co-ordinating their efforts to drive growth in Canada’s bioeconomy.
According to Statistics Canada, in 2015, Canadian industrial bioproducts producers used 22 million metric tonnes of biomass, of which 57 per cent was forestry biomass and 43 per cent agricultural biomass. The majority of the agricultural biomass was grain and oilseeds.
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