This is the presentation on the Methane emission by Cattle Population, w.r.t. India and the mitigationmeasures for the same through construction of Bio gas

1. How could we Address Green
House Gas Emission from cattle
waste
Through
Bio Gas Popularisation
National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development
Shows the way

2. Cattle Population the major cause of
Methane emission?
• India has a cattle population of 485 million
• Indian cows live on an average of 15 years
• Each Cow can add 70 to 120 Kg of Methane per year
• Methane traps 20 times more heat than CO2
• Which means each cow equal about 2300 CO2!!!!!! Per annum
• Rearing of cattle is one of the main source of livelihoods for more
than 30% and supplementary source for 50% of Indian rural
Population

3. Further, Fueling the Fire
• 85% of rural India do not have LPG connection or other modern
medium of cooking
• The primary source of fuel for cooking, etc. is firewood, crop residue
or cow dung
• Even in Urban India, the proportion of those using LPG is under two-
thirds.
• Each family use 5535 Kg. fore wood per annum
• Each Household uses 4400 Kg of cattle dung as fuel.

4. Any Lee Way exist?
• Can we do something about it ?
• Is a WIN WIN solution possible ?
Where Rural populace not losing out on Livelihood Opportunity &
Issue of Green house Gas arrested to a large extent

5. The Answer is Simple :
Promote Bio Gas usage

6. Why Bio Gas
• The Global Warming Mitigation Potential of an Household Bio Gas is 9.7T
CO2 annually, which is perhaps the highest considering the cost
• A family size Bio gas substitutes 316 litres of Kerosene, a fossil fuel
• It saves 5535 Kg fire wood – Saving trees from deforestation
• 4400 Kg of cattle dung could be composed and used as natural fertilizers
• A Bio gas substitute 316 litres of kerosene per family
• Bio gas when compressed (CNG) is a good substitute for Petrol/ Diesel
• This would reduce emissionof NOX SO2 besidie CO2

7. Compressed Bio gas for Industrial Use and as
fuel for vehicles

8. Domestic bio gas

9. Bio Gas Fuel Injecting nostril

10. How Did We Promote the Use of Bio gas
• The organization to which I belong (NABARD) promoted a programme
called Umbrella Programme for Natural Resource Management
(UPNRM)
• Rural folks made to appreciate the cost effectiveness and the utility of
Bio gas as an alternate fuel
• Under this Programme Awareness is created about the ill effects of
leaving the Cow dung un attended and untreated
• Model units demonstrated the Use of residual Bio-gas slurry as an
organic manure
• Direct Utilisation of slurry as Farm Yard Manure to improve farm
productivity

11. UPNRM a Grant-cum-Loan Programme
• Besides extending financial assistance, the programme supported
Rural youth in construction of Bio gas – Credit Plus Approach
• Many villages in the identified district ( Sindhudurg in Western
Maharashtra) have been made Smoke free Villages. Earlier people
used cow dung and frewood
• The programme benefitted construction of more than 3000 bio gas
through direct financial assistance and also through Training of
Masons

12. What We Did to Promote the Use of Bio gas
• Assistance is extended for construction of Bio Gas, Convergence
effected to Integrate Government Subsidy Programme
• Biogas slurry is an important byproduct of biogas fermentation,
containing abundant nutrient element and bioactive substances. It
has proved that biogas slurry could significantly improve the
vegetable quality and resistances to biotic and abiotic stresses. In this
paper, ...

13. It earns Carbon Credits too
• A Bio Gas has an economic life of Beyond 15 years
• It is cost effective in India at a loan of 150 US$ per household
• It Saves cooking time of 3-4 hours a day
• The household interviewed have been able to spend the saved time
for Educating their children, tending to their cattle and focusing on
Agricultural activities
• It also earns a carbon credit of around Rs.3000 per bio gas installed
and functional.
• Watch the very short film on you tube… (PlClick or past URL to view)
Sindhudurg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evW8OnI9D4s&feature=youtu.be