1. The National Innovation Foundation - India (NIF) was founded in 2000 to promote grassroots innovations in India. It has scouted over 2,25,000 ideas from indigenous innovators across India.
2. NIF supports grassroots innovators through various functions like validation and value addition of innovations, intellectual property management, enterprise development, and dissemination of innovations. It has supported over 1000 projects and transferred 89 technologies to licensees.
3. Examples are provided of successful start-ups by grassroots innovators in India that were supported by NIF, including innovations in groundnut harvesting, paddy threshing, tree climbing, herbal processing, and biomass gasification. These start-
The information of useful small farm Agricultural Machinery is given in this presentation such as battery-assisted Four wheel weeder, Cono weeder, Wheel hoe, dibbler, vegetable transplanter, Direct paddy seeder, Manual Groundnut Decorticator, Tubular Maize Sheller, 7HP mini tiller and Brush Cutter.
Mechanization overview
Farmers need
Custom hiring service & its sectors
Benefits
Business goals
Environment analysis
Business analysis
Profit analysis
Break-even use for recovering capital investment
Business projection & Resource requirement
Strategies & Action plan
Conclusion
In today's world, where farming is becoming increasingly important, it is crucial to have affordable and efficient equipment to aid in the processing of crops. This presentation aims to shed light on various cost-effective farm processing equipment options available in the market
IFPRI- CSISA organized a one day high level policy roundtable on Sustainable Intensification in India’s Risk-Prone Ecologies: Investment strategies for productivity growth, resource conservation, and climate risk management” on May 19, 2014 in New Delhi.
This roundtable, brings together a high-level small group of individuals from the corporate, government, and research sectors to address one of India’s most urgent challenges to food security and economic growth—how to encourage private sector investment in accelerating productivity growth in India’s risk-prone ecologies while simultaneously conserving the environment.
There are solutions already in farmers’ fields and rural markets that respond to these challenges, and this Roundtable will highlight recent advances, for example: innovative financial products and information services for small-scale farmers; diagnostic tools for managing water and soil nutrient scarcity; custom-hired resource-conserving machinery for small farms; crop diversification and high-value marketing strategies; and stress-resistant wheat and rice varieties. But the search for solutions is far from complete. This Roundtable is meant to engage participants in a rapid-fire discussion of recent technical solutions in Indian agriculture, the prospects for policy change, and corporate outlooks for the next five years. The purpose is to help public and private sector players to identify common investment strategies, forge partnerships, and chalk out collaborative efforts to effect technological, market, and policy improvements in India’s risk prone ecologies.
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The presentation highlights the existing gaps due to central sewerage system as the population relies on poorly managed on-site sanitation technologies coupled with high incidences of water and sanitation related diseases and degradation of the environment in and around the district bearing in mind that Yumbe District has inadequate capacities (technical, financial and human) to plan & provide sustainable sanitation services to host and refugee communities.
The report underlines the "way we want to solve the problem" and what needs to be done at large.
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The information of useful small farm Agricultural Machinery is given in this presentation such as battery-assisted Four wheel weeder, Cono weeder, Wheel hoe, dibbler, vegetable transplanter, Direct paddy seeder, Manual Groundnut Decorticator, Tubular Maize Sheller, 7HP mini tiller and Brush Cutter.
Mechanization overview
Farmers need
Custom hiring service & its sectors
Benefits
Business goals
Environment analysis
Business analysis
Profit analysis
Break-even use for recovering capital investment
Business projection & Resource requirement
Strategies & Action plan
Conclusion
In today's world, where farming is becoming increasingly important, it is crucial to have affordable and efficient equipment to aid in the processing of crops. This presentation aims to shed light on various cost-effective farm processing equipment options available in the market
IFPRI- CSISA organized a one day high level policy roundtable on Sustainable Intensification in India’s Risk-Prone Ecologies: Investment strategies for productivity growth, resource conservation, and climate risk management” on May 19, 2014 in New Delhi.
This roundtable, brings together a high-level small group of individuals from the corporate, government, and research sectors to address one of India’s most urgent challenges to food security and economic growth—how to encourage private sector investment in accelerating productivity growth in India’s risk-prone ecologies while simultaneously conserving the environment.
There are solutions already in farmers’ fields and rural markets that respond to these challenges, and this Roundtable will highlight recent advances, for example: innovative financial products and information services for small-scale farmers; diagnostic tools for managing water and soil nutrient scarcity; custom-hired resource-conserving machinery for small farms; crop diversification and high-value marketing strategies; and stress-resistant wheat and rice varieties. But the search for solutions is far from complete. This Roundtable is meant to engage participants in a rapid-fire discussion of recent technical solutions in Indian agriculture, the prospects for policy change, and corporate outlooks for the next five years. The purpose is to help public and private sector players to identify common investment strategies, forge partnerships, and chalk out collaborative efforts to effect technological, market, and policy improvements in India’s risk prone ecologies.
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This presentation outlines the Fecal Sludge Management Challenges in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, as seen from the perspective of Global Sanitation Concern - a local CBO in partnership with Sanwas Limited - an engineering consultancy.
The presentation highlights the existing gaps due to central sewerage system as the population relies on poorly managed on-site sanitation technologies coupled with high incidences of water and sanitation related diseases and degradation of the environment in and around the district bearing in mind that Yumbe District has inadequate capacities (technical, financial and human) to plan & provide sustainable sanitation services to host and refugee communities.
The report underlines the "way we want to solve the problem" and what needs to be done at large.
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The development of post harvest technologies in place of traditional techniques are presented here which help reduce the drudgery involved in post harvest operations. It is part of bigger picture of making drudgery free agriculture....
Slide 1: Title Slide
Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Slide 2: Introduction to Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Definition: Extrachromosomal inheritance refers to the transmission of genetic material that is not found within the nucleus.
Key Components: Involves genes located in mitochondria, chloroplasts, and plasmids.
Slide 3: Mitochondrial Inheritance
Mitochondria: Organelles responsible for energy production.
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA): Circular DNA molecule found in mitochondria.
Inheritance Pattern: Maternally inherited, meaning it is passed from mothers to all their offspring.
Diseases: Examples include Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) and mitochondrial myopathy.
Slide 4: Chloroplast Inheritance
Chloroplasts: Organelles responsible for photosynthesis in plants.
Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA): Circular DNA molecule found in chloroplasts.
Inheritance Pattern: Often maternally inherited in most plants, but can vary in some species.
Examples: Variegation in plants, where leaf color patterns are determined by chloroplast DNA.
Slide 5: Plasmid Inheritance
Plasmids: Small, circular DNA molecules found in bacteria and some eukaryotes.
Features: Can carry antibiotic resistance genes and can be transferred between cells through processes like conjugation.
Significance: Important in biotechnology for gene cloning and genetic engineering.
Slide 6: Mechanisms of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Non-Mendelian Patterns: Do not follow Mendel’s laws of inheritance.
Cytoplasmic Segregation: During cell division, organelles like mitochondria and chloroplasts are randomly distributed to daughter cells.
Heteroplasmy: Presence of more than one type of organellar genome within a cell, leading to variation in expression.
Slide 7: Examples of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Four O’clock Plant (Mirabilis jalapa): Shows variegated leaves due to different cpDNA in leaf cells.
Petite Mutants in Yeast: Result from mutations in mitochondrial DNA affecting respiration.
Slide 8: Importance of Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Evolution: Provides insight into the evolution of eukaryotic cells.
Medicine: Understanding mitochondrial inheritance helps in diagnosing and treating mitochondrial diseases.
Agriculture: Chloroplast inheritance can be used in plant breeding and genetic modification.
Slide 9: Recent Research and Advances
Gene Editing: Techniques like CRISPR-Cas9 are being used to edit mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA.
Therapies: Development of mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) for preventing mitochondrial diseases.
Slide 10: Conclusion
Summary: Extrachromosomal inheritance involves the transmission of genetic material outside the nucleus and plays a crucial role in genetics, medicine, and biotechnology.
Future Directions: Continued research and technological advancements hold promise for new treatments and applications.
Slide 11: Questions and Discussion
Invite Audience: Open the floor for any questions or further discussion on the topic.
Cancer cell metabolism: special Reference to Lactate PathwayAADYARAJPANDEY1
Normal Cell Metabolism:
Cellular respiration describes the series of steps that cells use to break down sugar and other chemicals to get the energy we need to function.
Energy is stored in the bonds of glucose and when glucose is broken down, much of that energy is released.
Cell utilize energy in the form of ATP.
The first step of respiration is called glycolysis. In a series of steps, glycolysis breaks glucose into two smaller molecules - a chemical called pyruvate. A small amount of ATP is formed during this process.
Most healthy cells continue the breakdown in a second process, called the Kreb's cycle. The Kreb's cycle allows cells to “burn” the pyruvates made in glycolysis to get more ATP.
The last step in the breakdown of glucose is called oxidative phosphorylation (Ox-Phos).
It takes place in specialized cell structures called mitochondria. This process produces a large amount of ATP. Importantly, cells need oxygen to complete oxidative phosphorylation.
If a cell completes only glycolysis, only 2 molecules of ATP are made per glucose. However, if the cell completes the entire respiration process (glycolysis - Kreb's - oxidative phosphorylation), about 36 molecules of ATP are created, giving it much more energy to use.
IN CANCER CELL:
Unlike healthy cells that "burn" the entire molecule of sugar to capture a large amount of energy as ATP, cancer cells are wasteful.
Cancer cells only partially break down sugar molecules. They overuse the first step of respiration, glycolysis. They frequently do not complete the second step, oxidative phosphorylation.
This results in only 2 molecules of ATP per each glucose molecule instead of the 36 or so ATPs healthy cells gain. As a result, cancer cells need to use a lot more sugar molecules to get enough energy to survive.
Unlike healthy cells that "burn" the entire molecule of sugar to capture a large amount of energy as ATP, cancer cells are wasteful.
Cancer cells only partially break down sugar molecules. They overuse the first step of respiration, glycolysis. They frequently do not complete the second step, oxidative phosphorylation.
This results in only 2 molecules of ATP per each glucose molecule instead of the 36 or so ATPs healthy cells gain. As a result, cancer cells need to use a lot more sugar molecules to get enough energy to survive.
introduction to WARBERG PHENOMENA:
WARBURG EFFECT Usually, cancer cells are highly glycolytic (glucose addiction) and take up more glucose than do normal cells from outside.
Otto Heinrich Warburg (; 8 October 1883 – 1 August 1970) In 1931 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology for his "discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme.
WARNBURG EFFECT : cancer cells under aerobic (well-oxygenated) conditions to metabolize glucose to lactate (aerobic glycolysis) is known as the Warburg effect. Warburg made the observation that tumor slices consume glucose and secrete lactate at a higher rate than normal tissues.
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Grassroots Technological Innovations.pdf
1. Grassroots Technological Innovations
Promotion and Start-up
Prof Anil K Gupta
National Innovation Foundation ,
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Conference on Innovations in Agricultural mechanization – Development
of linkage among R&D - Industry – Farmers
2. Honey Bee Network
founded in 1987-1988
A nameless, faceless innovator or traditional knowledge
holder comes into contact with the Network and gets an identity.
5. 1988-89
1997
2000
1993
Society for Research & Initiatives
for Sustainable Technologies &
Institutions (SRISTI)
Honey Bee Network
Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network (GIAN)
National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF)
7. Scouting
and
Documentation
Dissemination &
Social Diffusion
Value Addition
& Product
Development
IPRs
Management
Functions
Enterprise
& Business
Development
Information
Technology
National Innovation Foundation – India (NIF)
Scouted more than
2,25,000, ideas,
innovations,
traditional
knowledge
practices (not all
unique, not all
distinct) from over
585 districts of the
country
Over 1000
projects
supported for
validation/ value
addition
37 Community
workshops/
micro incubator
support in 19
states
193 projects
supported under
Micro Venture
Innovation Fund
Transferred 89
technologies to
licensees
Filed 750 patent applications in the
name of innovators/ knowledge
holders in India, 8 in USA, 27 under
PCT (37 granted in India and 4 in
US)
27 applications under PPV&FR Act
16 Trademark and 14 Design
registration applications
8. Innovations in farm mechanization:
• Higher the variability in soil, crop, and climate conditions,
greater is the need for granularity in Farm machinery
• At present, there is a big gap in the mechanical devices
lacking feedback control systems: whether it is depth
sensor for seed and fertilizer placement or moisture sensor
induced actuators for drip/sprinkler irrigation. The very fact
that in Haryana and Punjab, farmers are using low tech
cycle based seeder to maintain depth shows the effect
deeper seed placement has on tillering and thus the yield
9. • The tools and techniques used by farm workers have remained much less
advanced. Manual tools/devices for sowing, inter-culture, picking of both
hybrid as well as rainfed cotton/bolls, harvesting need urgent upgradation.
Without improving productivity of workers, we cannot substantially
improve the wages and thus the income of the farm workers
• Those activities which involve women seem to have undergone much
slower technological transformation, be it manual transplantation of
paddy in a back-bending posture with feet in water; tea leaf plucking with
movement of hands against gravity and thus causing the pain and fatigue,
collection of deadwood and its carriage for household energy use,
10. Hand Operated Water Lifting Device
• Consists of 2 pairs of chain and
sprocket (gear ratio 1:2), impeller
pump and pipes.
• Discharge, irrigation capacity and
delivery head of this device are 20-
22,000 l/h, 0.03 ha/h and 0.5 m,
respectively.
• It can be used for low head (upto 1 m)
and high discharge application
• Can be used for transferring water
from canal to field, from one field to
other field
• Can also be used for draining out
excess water from field
• By change of impeller can be used for
drainage of wastes
Innovator : Mr. N Shakthimainthan, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu
Small but useful for increasing
productivity of manpower, can be
manufactured locally.
12. Standards for promoting GRI
• Fifteen thousand Santis, handios,
sanedos in Saurashtra are “illegal”
though highly legitimate
• Testing and creating standards for
Farmers’ innovations:
13. Need of ENCOURAGING usage of 2nd hand components:
Barriers in using reused components
• Lack of standardization of reused components
• Ensuring and warranting the performance of reused components
• Lack of detailed knowledge of the product’s properties and in-use history
(this may be important, for example, if the component has been subject to
fatigue loading)
• Quality assurance of reused products
• Assured availability of supply, etc
• Clearing house
Promote Local artisan /Grassroots innovators
14. ODH Facility (Loan against stocking of second hand components):
Cost of machine can be kept low if components are purchased in bulk,
however small fabricators can not afford the bulk purchase due to
limited sell.
Workshops of Railways (400) should be made available to local
fabricators for developing components of machines (Announced by
Ministry of Railway)
Provision of warehouses/clearing houses for sell of certified parts for
use by local fabricators
Encouraging development of small tools /manual machines (for farm
operations requiring high degree of control and low power inputs): It
will increase productivity of manpower and reduce drudgery
Promote Local artisan /Grassroots innovators
16. Groundnut Digger
• The groundnut digger dig out and uproots the groundnut plant. After passing
over vibrating conveyor, clean groundnut is collected at the rear of machine or in
the box attached at the rear of machine.
• It can be joined with any tractor having 35 HP and above.
• Using this machine, the cost comes to less than 50 percent of manual
harvesting.
• This machine has field capacity of 1.5 Acre per hour.
Innovator : Shri Sanjay Kumar Tilwa, Rajkot, Gujarat
Turnover: Over Rs 40 Lakh
17. • A whole stalk paddy thresher which can thresh
moist/wet crop
• It has spike tooth cylinder and semi cylindrical
concave. There are 8 spikes.
• The concave clearance can be adjusted by changing
the length of each spike (between 0 and 35 mm)
• There is no sieve or shaker, the grains directly fall
from the concave gap and cleaned by the blower
just below the concave.
• It needs 5 hp power
• Average feed rate : 600 kg/h (Paddy crop). The
machine can support feed rate upto 900 kg/h
(mansuri variety grown in Assam). The
corresponding grain output : 444 kg/h
• Threshing efficiency = 96.56%, Cleaning efficiency
= 89.06%; Broken grain proportion, =0.632% ,
Spilled grain =0.283 %, Blown grain =0.359% and
Unthreshed grain = 1.627%
Paddy Thresher
Innovator: Md. Faijul Hoque | Morigaon, Assam |
Turnover: Over Rs 45 Lakh
18. Tree Climber
Innovator : Shri Venkat D.N, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
• By up and down movement of upper and lower frame one by one man can
climb on tree. Upper frame is operated by hand and lower frame by leg.
• Simple and easy to climb trees, even by old age and women
• Due to sitting arrangement the climber will not tire
• Climber costing Rs 7000/-.
• Over 1100 units sold in last seven years, including 25 climbers exported in
Australia, Mauritius, Malaysia, Dominica Republic, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, Iran, Thailand, Indonesia, Sri lanka, France, USA, Fiji
• 400 units sold in 2015-16.
Turnover: Rs 22 Lakh
19. Multipurpose Processing Machine
Innovator: Shri Dharamveer Singh Kamboj | Yamuna Nagar, Haryana |
• Capable of processing various herbs
like juice and gel of aloe vera, juice of
amla, jamun, mango, tomato, orange,
etc. and extracting essence of flowers
and other herbs.
• Cylindrical vessel is surrounded by a
jacket of castor oil for uniform
distribution of heat
• Motor speed: 1440 rpm;
Rotor/centrifuge speed: 360 rpm
• Variants 130, 60 and 30 lph capacity
• Electricity consumption : 1-1.5
units/hour
• Over 200 machines sold in different
parts of the country, which have
provided livelihood opportunities to
over 1,500 families
Turnover: Rs 65 Lakh
20. Modified Boiler
Innovator: Shri Subhash Ola| Alwar, Rajasthan|
• The modified boiler has a mechanism to recycle used steam so that steam (at
130°C), generated by boiling water in the boiler, returns to the boiler at a
temperature of 90-100°C after transferring heat for the useful purpose.
• Due to the recycling of steam (wet steam) instead of allowing its condensation,
fuel and water requirement has reduced drastically.
• The modified boilers have been installed in food processing industries (mawa
making, jaggery making), textile, plywood, paper, leather and dye industries.
• Using this technology it is possible to save fuel and water consumption
by up to 30 and 80 percent, respectively.
Turnover: Over Rs One Crore
21. Biomass Gasification System
Innovator : Shri Rai Singh Dahiya, Jaipur, Rajasthan
• Unique gasification unit and filtering mechanism. The
downdraft gasifier is compact and surrounded by water
jacket.
• Producer gas is cooled by water jacket/heat exchanger,
cleaned by a grit filter and a baffle filter (having perforated
and non perforated plates/baffles surrounded by local dry
grass).
• Ideal fuel: Dry wood (3-5 mm diameter and upto 30 cm
long), coconut shell and coconut husk (MC < 20% db) .
Fuel requirement 1.4-1.6 kg wood/kW-h
• Maximum temperature inside gasifier: 500 °C
• Calorific value of producer gas: 1000-1050 kCal/m3,
Composition: CO 21 %, H2 12%, CO2 15% ; Gasification
Efficiency 60 -70 %, Thermal efficiency: 25%
• Available in capacity 5 -100 kVA, single and three phase -
open and closed (sound proof design, having canopy) as
per the requirement of customer.
• Over 300 units have been sold in different parts of country
and Eight units have been exported to South Africa,
Kenya, Germany, Italy and Singapore.
Turnover: Over Rs 70 Lakh in FY 2015-16
22. Bicycle Hoe
• It is a multi-purpose farm implement
fashioned out of inexpensive bicycle
components.
• The main part of the implement
consists of the front portion of a
bicycle. A steel fork is connected to
the axle and the other end carries
different kinds of attachments.
Separate attachments for weeding
and tilling or a harrow are attached to
the working end, using bolts and
nuts.
• A person can weed 0.08 ha per hour.
• It is very easy to operate and is
ideally suited to the needs of
marginal farmers who cannot afford
to maintain bullocks.
Innovator : Shri Gopal Malhari Bhinse, Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Small but useful for increasing
productivity of manpower and
can be manufactured locally.
25. Creativity counts
Knowledge matters
Innovations transform
Incentives inspire
( not just individual, but also collective, not just material,
but also non-material)
Join the Honey Bee Network!
For rewarding indigenous creativity and innovation
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