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The use of city compost is a sustainable solution for addressing the problem of waste management and soil degradation. Under this technology, urban municipal waste is composted and used as organic fertiliser in agriculture. This relieves the cities’ waste management, enhances rural soils and in turn improves farm productivity.

• جامع المعلومات: Santosh Gupta
• 04/17/2023 11:03 ص

Bioresource Center (BRC) is an enterprise model to promote the preparation and commercialization of bio-inputs to help farmers adopt natural and sustainable agriculture practices. The bio-inputs and composting material under such models are prepared using locally available material at very affordable prices.

• جامع المعلومات: Santosh Gupta
• 03/17/2023 11:05 ص

Biochar is a carbon-rich solid formed from the organic residue by pyrolysis. Biochar is a stable, highly water and nutrient-retentive product that benefits microorganisms and has a very high carbon sequestration potential. Farmers in the project area have applied it to their homesteads or kitchen gardens.

• جامع المعلومات: Santosh Gupta
• 03/17/2023 1:05 ص

In the cattle shed management system, the cattle shed should be constructed with an elevated concrete floor that slopes slightly toward a cow urine collection point. The collection point should be equipped with a drainage system to easily remove cow dung and urine. An elevated concrete floor for cow dung …

• جامع المعلومات: Santosh Gupta
• 04/03/2023 6:27 ص

Lantana camara is an invasive species having severe ecological impacts on local biodiversity and economic impact on local communities. Lantana camara has proliferated in central India and occupied many forest lands, commons, and private land. The cut rootstock method provides minimum disturbance to the soil, wherein the plants' roots are …

• جامع المعلومات: Santosh Gupta
• 02/21/2023 8:15 ص

The Pre-Monsoon Dry Sowing Technology aims to sow 12 to 15 different crop varieties in April without waiting for rain. To achieve this the seeds are pelletized with a mixture of clay soils, bio-inoculants like dried Ghanjeevamruth and Dravajeevamrit, and ash. The main objective of this technology is to empower …

• جامع المعلومات: Santosh Gupta
• 03/18/2023 7:02 ص

Biochar is a carbon-rich, solid material derived from a wide range of biomass or organic waste through a thermochemical method. It is an organic charcoal material that is the final product of pyrolysis, or high-temperature burning of agricultural biomass without oxygen. Surplus crop residues, agricultural waste, and wood from sustainable …

• جامع المعلومات: Santosh Gupta
• 04/24/2023 6:45 ص

Lantana Camara, an invasive species in India, negatively impacts biodiversity and agriculture. Biochar made from its biomass can help manage the species effectively. Traditionally farmers produce biochar in soil pit kilns. Another low-cost portable kiln unit of biochar preparation is a viable option for rainfed areas, designed to work on …

• جامع المعلومات: Santosh Gupta
• 03/15/2023 6:11 م

In India, 29 percent of the area cropped with rice remains fallow during the dry "rabi" season. This offers the opportunity to improve farm income and soil health by introducing legumes especially lentils. Diversifying the cropping system in such a way results in higher farm income due to additional crop …

• جامع المعلومات: Joren Verbist
• 11/10/2022 4:17 م

Recharge ponds (Chaals or khals) and recharge trenches (khanti) are common methods to catch the surface runoff and increase the infiltration to recharge groundwater and aid in natural spring recharge in the middle mountain regions.

• جامع المعلومات: Jaclyn Bandy
• 07/18/2019 6:40 ص