{"id":211130,"date":"2022-10-19T19:33:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T14:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=211130"},"modified":"2022-10-19T19:33:52","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T14:03:52","slug":"organic-fertiliser-a-must-for-the-next-green-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/organic-fertiliser-a-must-for-the-next-green-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Organic fertiliser: A must for the next green revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>– The post is based on the article \u201cOrganic fertiliser: A must for the next green revolution\u201d <\/strong>published in the Down to Earth <\/strong>on 19th October 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS3- Agriculture and Environment<\/p>\n

News-<\/strong> The article explains the current status of the organic fertiliser industry in India and its future potential.<\/p>\n

What is the meaning of organic fertiliser?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

As per government rules,Organic fertiliser can be categorised into two segments: Bio-fertiliser and organic manure.<\/p>\n

Bio-fertilisers are composed of living microorganisms. These are attached to solid or liquid carriers. These microorganisms help in increasing the productivity of soil.<\/p>\n

Organic manure is partially decomposed organic matter from biogas plants, compost or vermi-compost.<\/p>\n

What is the current status of the organic fertiliser industry?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In India at present, biofertilizer production is just over 110,000 tonnes. 34 million tonnes of organic manure is also produced.<\/p>\n

The popularity of organic farming has grown in the domestic market in recent years. The market size for Indian organic packaged food is expected to grow at a rate of 17 per cent and cross Rs 871 million by 2021.<\/p>\n

The penetration of organic fertilisers is low. The proportion of organic fertilisers of the overall fertiliser consumption was 0.29 per 0.34 per cent for 2019-20.<\/p>\n

What is the potential of biogas plants?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Biogas plants produce biogas as well as organic fertilisers.<\/p>\n

As per data of National Solid Waste Association and CPCB<\/strong>, India produces more than 150000 tonnes of municipal solid waste. If we consider organic waste to be 50% of this and collection efficiency of 80%, organic waste generated per day in India is around 65000 tonnes.<\/p>\n

Even if half of this is diverted to the biogas industry, the government can reduce import dependence on fossil fuels and fertiliser.<\/p>\n

The popularity of organic farming has grown in the domestic market in recent years. The market size for Indian organic packaged food is expected to grow at a rate of 17 per cent and cross Rs 871 million by 2021.<\/p>\n

The penetration of organic fertilisers is low. The proportion of organic fertilisers of the overall fertiliser consumption was 0.29 per 0.34 per cent for 2019-20.<\/p>\n

What is the SATAT programme?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Under the SATAT programme, more than 5,000 projects have been targeted across the country by the industry.<\/p>\n

Bio-compressed natural gas and solid organic manure can be produced in large quantities under the SATAT programme.<\/p>\n

It is estimated that 50 million tonnes per annum of solid organic manure \/ will be generated in India once these projects are installed. It will help the country save $16 billion year-on-year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source– The post is based on the article \u201cOrganic fertiliser: A must for the next green revolution\u201d published in the Down to Earth on 19th October 2022. Syllabus: GS3- Agriculture and Environment News- The article explains the current status of the organic fertiliser industry in India and its future potential. What is the meaning of… Continue reading Organic fertiliser: A must for the next green revolution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[10504,10514,216],"class_list":["post-211130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-down-to-earth","tag-dte","tag-gs-paper-3","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}