BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 3. Uzbekistan and Hong Kong-based Henderson Land Group explored investment opportunities in sustainable agriculture, renewable energy and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production during a meeting between Deputy Agriculture Minister Alisher Shukurov and a delegation led by the company's Chairman Peter Lee Ka-kit.
This was reflected in the statement by the Uzbekistan's Ministry of Agriculture.
The talks focused on prospective investment projects aimed at supporting the country's green economy agenda, including the use of renewable energy and the production of high-value products from agricultural biomass.
"The parties discussed prospects for implementing investment projects in agriculture and the green economy, including the production of sustainable aviation fuel and other value-added products based on agricultural biomass," the ministry said in a statement.
A key topic of the meeting was the potential development of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) projects in Uzbekistan. The two sides reviewed opportunities to cultivate drought-resistant oilseed crops on 1 million to 1.5 million hectares of saline and underutilized land in the Republic of Karakalpakstan and the Bukhara and Navoi regions to provide feedstock for SAF production.
The officials also discussed measures to improve the investment climate for such projects, including tax incentives, water subsidies and the use of carbon market mechanisms to enhance project viability and attract private investment.
Representatives of EcoCeres, a company specializing in decarbonization technologies, presented solutions for producing renewable diesel (HVO), sustainable aviation fuel, bioethanol and other biochemicals using waste vegetable oils, food industry by-products and agricultural biomass as feedstocks.
According to the ministry, the meeting concluded with an agreement to continue dialogue on introducing environmentally sustainable technologies in agriculture, expanding investment cooperation and jointly developing projects that support Uzbekistan's transition toward a greener and more climate-resilient agricultural sector.
