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India-based VayuGrid signs MOU for biofuel cluster in Ethiopia using Pongamia oilseed trees

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VayuGrid, a biofuel supply chain company based in Bangalore, India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to create a biofuel cluster around its VayuSap, an elite, high-yield Pongamia (a leguminous, oilseed-bearing tree), in Ethiopia Africa. Ethiopia was chosen strategically based on the economics and agriculture.

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The Richer They Get, the More Meat They Eat

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The world’s production of meat and poultry reached about 100 million tonnes in 1970, 233 million tonnes in 2000, and 325 million tonnes in 2020. Of all the populous nations, only Bangladesh, India, Ethiopia, and Nigeria continue to eat very little meat. Are we in fact seeing a revolutionary change in behavior?

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Ethiopian Dam Generates Power, but What's Next?

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When the dam is fully operational, its generating capacity will exceed 5,000 megawatts —at least in theory doubling Ethiopia’s electricity supply. Less than half of the country’s population has access to electricity; most of Ethiopia’s energy comes from biomass, in the form of traditional sources such as firewood and animal dung.

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AFED report: state of water resources in the Arab world is precarious and worsening

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Water scarcity is a limitation to economic development, food production, and human health and well being.Water supply sources in the Arab world, two-thirds of which originate outside the region, are being stretched to their limits. This is below one-tenth of the world’s average, currently estimated at over 6,000 cubic meters.

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Boeing Again Under Scrutiny After Latest 737 Max Problem

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Since then, Boeing has invested in and worked more closely with that supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, to address production problems. “We And production of both the 737 and 787 has been slow to speed up amid those and other problems with quality and the supply chain.

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Boeing Max 9 Jets Remain Grounded as Airlines Await Inspection Instructions

Baua Electric

Since then, Boeing has invested in and worked more closely with that supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, to address production problems. “We And production of both the 737 and 787 has been slow to pick up amid those and other problems with quality and the supply chain.

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