In order to cope with water scarcity in Agricultural Sector, Ministry of State for the Ministry of Science & Technology framed the “Water4crops” project.
On completion of 4 years of the Euro 9 Million Indian-European Union “Water4crops” project, the Delegates are arranged the Review and Planning Meeting
Project Worth: 9 Million Euro
Venue: New Delhi
Funded by:
- Department of Biotechnology (DBT) under the governance of Ministry of Science & Technology
- European Union
Features of the project:
- To support the Green Economy in EU and India
- Enhancement of bio-treated wastewater reuse to improve their efficiency
- Decentralized Wastewater Treatment (DWT) is mainly progressed for the water scarcity problems.
- It is implemented successfully in 28 sites in the Indian states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka
Challenges in farming and solutions:
- Straight use of waste water in agro based farming is not good for farmers and consumers
- ‘Water4Crops’ schemes allocates wastewater treatment in order to facilitate crop cultivation
- Low-quality industrial, domestic and municipal wastewater strengthening the development of various technologies for wastewater treatment
Extraordinary performance with the cultivation of plants:
- Canna indica
- Lemon grass (Cymbopogon)
- Napier (Pennisetum perpureum x Pennisetum americarnum)
- Para grass (Urochloa mutica)
- Typha (Typha latifolia)
- Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
- Water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes)
- Agaratum Conyzoides
These plants are capable of absorbing toxic contents as well as nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, potash, inter alia which are available in chemical fertilizers and soil.
Delegates:
- S. Chowdary
- K. VijayRaghavan, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology
- Tomasz Kozlowski, Ambassador of the European Union to India
Other supported organization:
- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
- MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF)
- The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
- Euro-India Research Centre (EIRC)
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