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Agriculture Industry
Pumping to production: Powering India’s next phase of agrifoodedit
In Bhavdi, a village in Maharashtra, 35-year-old Anita Kolte had to leave her family’s small plot of land to make a living, about $120 a year, well below the poverty line. Late last year, however, she started using an innovative solar solution to dry produce and sell it into India’s roughly $70-billion-a-year vegetable and fruit market. In this process she is earning an additional $2 to $4 per day, a huge sum, and helping to build the local economy.
IIT Madras collaborates with industry to power thermal stations with paddy strawsedit
Indian Institute of Technology Madras is taking up Academia Industry collaboration for technology development in thermal power generation using paddy straw as fuel. This will be a major boost to tackle ‘stubble burning,’ which causes soil erosion, kills beneficial soil organisms and emits harmful gases such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide and methane along with particulate matter.
Stubble Burning
IIT-M to develop technology to tackle stubble burning Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/iit-m-to-develop-technology-to-tackle-stubble-burning-785088.htmledit
Stubble burning has been a major issue in north Indian states of Punjab and Haryana for long and is cited as one of the reasons for spike in pollution in New Delhi and other cities during winter. Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) has now stepped into tackle the issue by developing technology in thermal power generation using paddy straw as fuel.
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Government offers 80% subsidy to farmers on equipment to manage stubbleedit
To wane away farmers from burning the crop residues, the government has decided to provide up to 80% subsidy on equipment used to manage stubble. While the Central government will bear 65% portion of the subsidy, the state will give the rest 35% amount.