Crop Residues

Sarpanches and panches in four districts of Ferozepur district are part of a new pilot project launched by the district administration. They are being trained in a technology that deals with pollution caused by burning of paddy straw

Publication Date:

10/02/2010

Source: Indian Express (Chandigarh)

Tags:

Air Pollution, Agriculture, Crop Residues, Rural Water Harvesting, Biomass, Farmers, Punjab, Ferozepur (D)

Air Pollution

Impact of agriculture crop residue burning on atmospheric aerosol loading – a study over Punjab State, India

The present study deals with the impact of agriculture crop residue burning on aerosol properties during October 206 and 2007 over Punjab state, India using ground based measurements and multi-satellite data.

Publication Date:

01/02/2010

Author(s): Anu Rani Sharma, Shailesh Kumar Kharol, K. V. S. Badarinath & et al

Source: Annales Geophysicae

Vol:

28

pp:

367–379

Tags:

Crop Residues, Aerosols, Air Pollution, Punjab, Remote Sensing, Nitrogen Dioxide, Biomass Gasification, Atmospheric Brown Clouds, Rice, Wheat, Monsoons, Patiala (D), Agriculture, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Carbon Dioxide

Energy

Recycling agricultural waste to manufacture charcoal briquettes

Through Climate Change: Farmers

Publication Date:

14/12/2009

Source: International Federation of Agricultural Producers

Tags:

Crop Residues, Deforestation, Wood, Alternative Fuels, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Energy, Africa, Uganda

Climate Change

Storing CO2 In Soil Should Be On U.N. Agenda: Gore

Developing emissions markets to encourage farmers in poor countries to store more carbon dioxide in soil should be a key topic on the U.N. climate talks agenda, global warming activist Al Gore said.

Publication Date:

24/09/2009

Author(s): Timothy Gardner

Source: Planet Ark (Australia)

Tags:

Forests, Soil Resources, Agriculture, Crop Residues, Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Global Warming, Carbon Capture and Storage, Solar Energy, Carbon Offset, Farmers, Developing Countries

Energy

Orissa readies to hook to green energy grid

BHUBANESWAR: With more and more investors queuing up for generation of power from non-conventional and renewable energy sources, Orissa, for the first time, is looking to supplement green energy by hooking to the grid.

Publication Date:

11/09/2009

Source: New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

Tags:

Crop Residues, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Biomass, Solar Energy, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Energy, Orissa (Odisha)

Air Pollution

Analysis of aerosol and carbon monoxide characteristics over Arabian Sea during crop residue burning period in the Indo-Gangetic

In this study, we have used multi-satellite data to retrieve aerosol loadings and carbon monoxide (CO) pollution over the Arabian Sea, caused due to anthropogenic activities over the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) in India. Relatively high aerosol and CO loadings during 9

Publication Date:

01/08/2009

Author(s): K.V.S. Badarinath, Shailesh Kumar Kharol, Anu Rani Sharma & et al

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Vol:

71

Issue:

12

pp:

1267

Tags:

Air Pollution, Indo-Gangetic Plains, Crop Residues, Arabian Sea, Carbon Monoxide, Aerosols, Biomass Gasification, Remote Sensing

Agriculture

Integrated use of straw and bioexploitation of Trichoderma

Trichoderma spp. are well known as biocontrol agents. However, for field applications the farmers have to purchase them from agroproduct shops. Similarly, straw from different cereal crops after harvesting is generally not used further. Here an integrated use of straw and bioexploitation of Trichoderma sp. is presented. (Correspondence)

Publication Date:

10/05/2009

Author(s): V. Venkateswara Sarma

Source: Current Science

Vol:

96

Issue:

9

pp:

1164

Tags:

Agriculture, Biological PC, Crop Residues, Waste Conversion, Farmers

Agriculture

Eager to join poll campaign, farmers continue to burn wheat stubble

Mandi Ahmedgarh: In an effort to join the poll campaigns of their candidates, farmers of the area falling under the Sangrur and Ludhiana districts continue to burn wheat stubble in their fields.

Publication Date:

04/05/2009

Source: Tribune (New Delhi)

Tags:

Air Pollution, Soil Capability, Agriculture, Agricultural Research, Wheat, Crop Residues, Farmers, Punjab, Ludhiana (D), Sangrur (D)