Air Pollution

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Assessment on impact of pollution, 12/12/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Assessment on impact of pollution, 12/12/2016.

Publication Date: 
12/12/2016
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Air Pollution, Air Pollution Control, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Crop Residues, Parliament, Health Effects
Air Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution due to Burning of Paddy Stubble, 29/11/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution due to Burning of Paddy Stubble, 29/11/2016. Burning of paddy stubble has been banned in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and

Publication Date: 
29/11/2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Air Pollution, Agriculture, Delhi, Farmers, Crop Residues, Parliament
Agriculture

Prospects for livestock-based livelihoods in Africa's drylands

Prospects for Livestock-Based Livelihoods in Africa’s Drylands examines the challenges and opportunities facing the livestock sector and the people who depend on livestock in the dryland regions of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Publication Date: 
02/11/2016
Cornelis de Haan
The World Bank
Tags:
Livestock, Drylands, Agriculture, Africa, Ecosystems, Climate Change, GDP, Green House Gases, Crop Residues, Biomass, Grazing Lands
Energy

Techno-economic assessment of biomass pellets for power generation in India

Biomass pellet production has increased considerably in recent years, mainly due to the demand created by policies and bioenergy-use targets in the European Union (EU). Global biomass pellet production was 24.1 million tonne (Mt) in 2014.

Publication Date: 
25/10/2016
Pallav Purohit, Vaibhav Chaturvedi
Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Tags:
Biomass, Electricity, Crop Residues, India, Agriculture, Wastelands, Biomass Trade, Renewable Energy
Energy

Energy recovery from domestic and agro-waste streams in Uganda: a socioeconomic assessment

Most of the domestic and agro-waste in African cities end up in open dumps and natural water bodies thus causing severe environmental and health problems. These waste streams have resources such as nutrient and energy that can be valorized by transforming them into valuable products.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2016
Solomie Gebrezgabher, Sena Amewu, Avinandan Taron, Miriam Otoo
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Tags:
Waste To Energy, Agriculture, Crop Residues, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Uganda, Biogas, Green House Gases, Waste Management, Farmers, Methane
Energy

Maximising the yield of biomass from residues of agricultural crops and biomass from forestry: final report

There is a huge potential for yield increase of agricultural crop residues and biomass from forestry in the European Union, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.

Publication Date: 
13/06/2016
Yasir Iqbal, Iris Lewandowski, Axel Weinreich, & et al
Ecofys
Tags:
Biomass, Crop Residues, Agriculture, Forests, European Union (EU), Ukraine, Belarus, Russia
Air Pollution

Odd-and-even 2.0 worked but farm fires and forest fires played spoilsport, says CSE

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has released its analysis of air quality data during the second phase of odd and even scheme – from April 15 to April 30. This shows that air pollution took a downward dip during the first 10 days of the scheme but registers a sudden spike from April 22 onwards. Further investigations and analysis of NASA satellite pictures has exposed massive crop fires in Punjab and Haryana that started around April 19 – which could be the reason behind the rise in pollution levels.

Tags:
Air Pollution, Odd-Even Scheme, Crop Residues, Haryana, Punjab, Forest Fires, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Delhi
Agriculture

Pomace in fruit industry and their contemporary potential application

Food economy plays a major role in world development. A food chain, from an economic point of view, means a long series of interdependent management processes, which have the main goal to providing food to people.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2016
Marek Kruczek, Barbara Drygaś, Celina Habryka & et al
World Scientific News
48
259-265
Tags:
Farm Residues, Crop Residues, Waste Conversion, Biofuel, Biogas, Research, Poland, Ethanol
Energy

Boosting biofuels: sustainable paths to greater energy security

Substantial potential exists to expand both food and fuel supply in a sustainable fashion.

Publication Date: 
20/04/2016
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
Tags:
Biofuel, Bio Fuel Crops, Crop Residues, Agriculture, Organic Waste, India, Global, Carbon Dioxide
Energy

From LPG connections to use - Realising smokeless kitchens for all

The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, to provide concessional LPG connections, is a step in the right direction but much more needs to be done by 2019 and beyond to ensure homes in India cook using modern fuels. This article explores the issues of providing connections, subsidy provisioning and ensuring sustained use of LPG and other modern fuels, so as to displace solid fuels from Indian kitchens. It also highlights the need for planning for increased demand and addressing institutional gaps to ensure that the benefits of modern fuel adoption, especially health benefits, are realised.

Publication Date: 
16/04/2016
Ashwini Dabadge, Ann Josey, Ashok Sreenivas
Economic and Political Weekly
51
16
47-50
Tags:
Household Energy, LPG, Subsidies, Biomass, Firewood, Crop Residues, Coal, Animal Dung, Health Effects, Respiratory Diseases, Chulhas (Cookstoves), India, Budget

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