Wealth from Farm Waste
Contents: Preface. 1. Waste is wealth introduction/V.V. Kulkarni. 2. Livestock waste utilization scenario/Robinson J.J. Abraham. 3. Poultry waste management situation in India/D. Chandrasekaran. 4. Disposal and utilization of dead birds by aerobic composting/K. Sivakumar and V. Ramesh Saravana Kumar. 5. Scope of livestock and poultry waste utilization in SAARC countries/D. Thyagarajan, P. Kanagaraju and A.V. Omprakash. 6. Utilisation of livestock/abattoir byproducts/J. Abraham. 7. Bio-methane farming for earning carbon credit a new tool to improve livestock industry/P. Selvaraj, K. Nanjappan, S. Jayachandran, P. Visha and T. Sathya Bama. 8. Dead bird and manure disposal scenario in layer farms of Namakkal poultry pocket, Tamil Nadu/V. Ramesh Saravana Kumar and K. Sivakumar. 9. Waste to energy: a strategic resource for development/P. Venkatachalam. 10. Bioremediation technologies for wastes recycling/N.O. Gopal. ...
This is a compilation of the articles and guest lectures contributed by renowned personalities during a national level ICAR Summer School on "Wealth from waste of poultry farm, livestock farm and poultry meat processing plants, conducted by the Department of Meat Science and Technology on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee celebrations of Veterinary College and Research Institute at Namakkal during 2010.
The articles cover wide range of topics like present scenario of waste utilization, quantum and type of waste generated from agricultural and livestock, poultry activities, importance of waste utilization and treatment of waste. The improved ways of waste utilizations covered include composting, vermi-compost, rendering, bio-remediation, bio-methanization, incineration, treatment of effluents etc. Emerging topics like clean development mechanism, bio-ozolyte treatment, and bio-energy are also covered. Hence it is felt that this compilation will be useful for the academician, students and entrepreneurs for getting knowledge on waste utilization. (jacket)
