agri waste

1. “Creating Wealth from Agriculture and Household Waste”
National Institute for MSME (ni-msme)
(An Organisation of Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India and An ISO 9001:2015 Certified)
Yousufguda, Hyderabad - 500 045
Dr.K.Visweswara Reddy
Faculty Member & Rector
Economics of Agriculture

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What is agriculture waste
Agriculture & Food waste in the world
Agriculture Waste
Possibilities of Creating wealth from Agri Waste
Case Studies of Agriculture waste to Wealth
Benefits from Agriculture Waste
Directions for the Future
We Discuss…

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Agriculture & Food Waste in the World
Roughly one-third of the food produced in the world for human
consumption every year - approximately 1.3 billion tonnes - gets
lost or wasted.
Food losses and waste amount to roughly US$ 680 billion in
industrialized countries and US$ 310 billion in developing countries.
Industrialized and developing countries dissipate roughly the same
quantities of food - respectively 670 and 630 million tonnes.
Fruits and vegetables, plus roots and tubers have the highest
wastage rates of any food.
Global quantitative food waste per year is roughly 30 per cent for
cereals, 40-50 per cent for root crops, fruits, and vegetables, 20 per
cent for oilseeds, meat and dairy plus 30 per cent for fish.
Every year, consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food
(222 million tonnes) as the entire net food production of sub-
Saharan Africa (230 million tonnes).
The amount of food wasted every year is equivalent to more than
half of the world's annual cereals crop (2.3 billion tonnes in
2009/2010).
Per capita waste by consumers is between 95-115 kg a year in
Europe and North America, while consumers in sub-Saharan Africa,
South and Southeastern Asia, each throw away only 6-11 kg a year.
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Agriculture Waste In India
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About one-third of biodegradable municipal solid waste mainly comprise of domestic kitchen waste
generated from households.
This intern generates obnoxious gases and GHGs besides foul odour, around the landfill sites
Taking a single crop of potato for example, a total world potato waste is estimated to be 12 million
tonnes per annum out of which 2 million tonnes of potato waste is generated in India alone
India generates about 350 million tonnes of agricultural waste every year.
As per the estimates given by the ministry of new and renewable energy, this waste can generate
more than 18,000 MW of power every year and generate green fertilizer for use in agriculture.

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Possibilities of Creating wealth from Agri Waste
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Case Study I
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Problem : The burning of agricultural crop residue results in emission of greenhouse gases, air pollutants,
volatile organic compounds, particulate matter and smoke, affecting the air quality. It is a health hazard,
leading to diseases beyond affecting respiratory health.
Solution :
Converting crops to plates
BIO-LUTIONS India, a Hamburg-based company with operations in Ramanagara, near Bengaluru, buys
agricultural waste from farmers and makes biodegradable packaging and tableware from it. The patented
technology converts agro-waste into self-binding fibres by simply churning them with water in huge
machines. The end products are sustainable packaging and tableware that takes only three months to
biodegrade.
They tested their packaging with Big Basket, an online groceries marketplace, by providing small quantities
of packaging for fruits and vegetables.
Also creating tableware instead of plastic or plastic laminated paper plates that are currently being used

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Case Study II
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Problem : Kriya Labs provides a solution to convert per year 15-20 million tonnes of crop stubble that
mainly comprises of rice straw which doesn’t have any market as compared to other forms of agro-waste
like wheat straw and bagasse.
Solution :
They convert rice straw into pulp using their own process. This pulp can be used as an intermediary
product for industries such as paper (and its derivatives), bioethanol (biofuels in general), fabrics and other
specialty chemicals like cellulose acetate, carboxymethyl cellulose. The process is environment friendly.
The quality if pulp depends on its end application and can be altered accordingly.
Currently at pilot stage, they are producing pulp samples and tableware for trial runs. Within 2-3 months,
the process will be optimised and become commercial

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Case Study III
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Substitute for fossil fuels
Solution :
Farm2Energy, a startup from Punjab founded by Sukhbir Singh Dhaliwal, is helping farmers by baling the
stubble from fields free of cost. Founded in July 2016, the firm provides biomass supply solutions to a
range of clients from farmers to landowners and biomass users
The company processes paddy straw, corn stover, sugar cane trash and wheat straw and supplies it to the
biofuels, biopower and bio-based industries through integrated supply systems.
Farm2Energy also has three products bio-pellets, biochar and torrefied pallets. Biopellets (made from
sugarcane trash and paddy straw) is a sustainable solution to replace the conventional fossil fuels and have
diverse uses in commercial and industrial sectors. Biochar improves the productivity of soil resulting in a
higher yield.

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Directions for the Future
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The priority of world leaders is not only
to mitigate the impacts already caused,
but also to respond to the need to
produce more food and energy for a
population that will exceed 10 billion
people by 2050. All this must be
achieved with less fossil fuel, lower
emissions of polluting gases and zero
solid waste
The Government of India recently
directed the National Thermal Power
Corporation (NTPC) to mix crop residue
pellets (nearly 10%) with coal for
power generation. This helps the
farmers with a monetary return of
approximately Rs. 5500 (77 USD) per
ton of crop residue.
Ministry of Agriculture of India
developed a National Policy for
Management of Crop Residue
(NPMCR). The following are the main
objectives of the NPMCR
•Promote the technologies for optimum utilization
and in-situ management of crop residue, to
prevent loss of valuable soil nutrients, and
diversify uses of crop residue in industrial
applications.
•Develop and promote appropriate crop machinery
in farming practices such as modification of the
grain recovery machines (harvesters with twin
cutters to cut the straw).
•Provide discounts and incentives for purchase of
mechanized sowing machinery such as the happy
seeder, turbo seeder, shredder and baling
machines.
•Use satellite-based remote sensing technologies to
monitor crop residue management with the
National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) and
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
•Provide financial support through multidisciplinary
approach and fund mobilization in various
ministries for innovative ideas and project
proposals to accomplish above.

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