This report evaluates emission mitigation options to achieve net-zero carbon emissions through marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves for the existing plants in the fertiliser industry. MAC curves were developed for three major fertilisers produced in India, which account for 85 per cent of total fertiliser production—urea, di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), and …
M.J. PRABU ECOLOGICAL SANITATION: The urine collection and dilution tank, in the forefront and paddy harvest at Musiri in Tamil Nadu. Human waste may invariably evoke strong and repulsive reactions.
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Bio-waste generated at the city's kitchen markets might no more be used for land filling and such other purposes since it is now being utilised as a raw material for producing quality bio-fertiliser. Collecting the organic waste from the markets, mainly Karwan Bazar vegetable market, local private firm Waste Concern, …
By Subhash Chandra N S, DH News Service, Bangalore: Prakash, a banana cultivator from Nagasandra near Doddaballapur, has a record yield of about 30 tonnes from his tiny patch of farm land, without using chemical fertiliser. So, what's new? Read on: Prakash used a very commonly available, yet unique fertiliser …
Sultan Ahmed Ismail, founder director of Ecoscience Research Foundation, explaining the importance of different plants to school students at the Organic Corner of the Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre on Wednesday. CHENNAI: With worms and special manure and pest control plants, no chemicals are needed in a garden. To …
Speakers at a view exchange meeting yesterday said organic fertiliser from human waste can replace around 30 million tonnes of chemical fertilisers per year if the country can be brought under eco-latrine project launched by an NGO. Titled 'Ecological sanitation for eco-friendly and longer lasting sanitation system,' the meeting was …
Skyrocketing phosphorous prices threaten our fertilizer-dependent agriculture There is something exceptional about the rise in world food prices this year. Prices of several food items including cereals and oilseeds have risen by more than 100 per cent in less than a year. The situation has been compounded by the rise …
Converter Installed To Produce Bio-Fertilizer Gurgaon: While the city craves for improved civic amenities, some resident associations are coming forward with initiatives to solve day to-day problems. One such commendable initiative has been taken by residents of Beverley Park-1 who have installed an organic waste converter in their premises to …
The majority of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are small scale entrepreneurs whose farm operations are performed with low input agricultural technologies. Many of these technologies are supported with low input farm power and simple machines. Essentially, low input agricultural technologies are embodied in the refined indigenous knowledge systems. These include …
Compost, organic fertiliser, is being made in all the unions of Gobindaganj Upazila of the district from water hyacinth under 100-day unemployment programme of the government. Upazila Nirbahi Officer Abdul Mannan formally inaugurated the scheme at Masta village under Kamardaha union in the upazila on Monday. With chairman of the …
M. J. PRABU The formulation can be used as a spray for a variety of crops Mr. N. Gopalakrishnan (standing), demonstrating to farmers the manufacture of the egg lime formulation. Power cuts, fertilizer shortage, high input costs, absence of reliable marketing channels and labour shortage are plaguing most of the …
Farmers staged a demonstration to protest the unavailability of urea fertiliser here on Tuesday. They blocked the Choubara Road and threw traffic out of gear by setting tyres ablaze for around three hours. The urea fertiliser has been in short supply for the past two months, and dealers are selling …
Minister for Physical Planning & Works Bijay Kumar Gachhadar said Friday that the spurs damaged by Saptakoshi floods will be restored before the end of the Nepali Calendar - meaning another 7 months - and that repair works are a top priority. "The repair work on the Koshi embankment has …
Farmers yesterday blocked highways in Faridpur and Jessore demanding adequate supply of fertilizer. In Faridpur, farmers barricaded the Dhaka Khulna highway at Modhukhali for about an hour in the morning, disrupting traffic, reports a correspondent. They put trees on the road to obstruct traffic, keeping several hundred vehicles stranded on …
In 2002 CREPA initiated a regional research and demonstration programme on ecological sanitation in seven West African countries. ECOSAN is focused on simultaneously improving sanitation and food production. This is done by making urine and faeces more hygienic and then using them as safe fertilisers. Demonstrations showed that crops fertilised …
