The above table shows the knowledge gained by the students‘ community. It has created an impact on training programme to the maximum extent. The knowledge level has increased from 25 percent to 40 percent. Motivating youth to prepare manure utilizing the available bio- degradable waste was found to be more essential, as it is vital and most important resource for establishing terrace garden. The plate below indicates the active participation of the youth.
S. No Reasons Knowledge Gained N- 100
(in percentage)
1 Vegetables and greens are free from pesticides Before After
2 Home grown vegetables and greens are tastier and delicious
48 90
3 Easy to implement on terrace as it involves simple technology
55 100
4 Essential for the current trend due to limited space
35 95
5 Helps to inculcate values to the children by watching the vegetables germination to fruiting stage
40 100
6 Gives mental satisfaction as we eat what we grow 36 100 7 Greens and vegetables are true nutrition to our
family members
53 100
8 Recycling the waste gives sound atmosphere to the community and house
44 100
9 Helps to cut down the CO2 in air 65 100 10 Keep home cool as it reduces the temperature of
the terrace
75 100
11 Kitchen waste is recycled effectively as it conserves mother earth
60 100
12 Reduce stress as it is closer to nature plays a role of de- stress center
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1 2 3 4 CONCLUSION:Roof top garden is an important step to enhance the environmental sanitation by recycling the organic waste into essential ingredient for terrace vegetable cultivation. Segregating and recycling the kitchen waste creates a green and eco friendly environment. So terrace gardening can supplement the diets of the community and thereby it retains the cultural gardening practices by utilizing the locally available biodegradable wastes to grow vegetables. Hence terrace is the ideal place to grow vegetables domestically as a family based activity. Organic terrace garden is not only for the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings‖.
REFERENCES:
1. www.organicterrace.in
2. Food Agriculture and Organization ( 2012).
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A s i a n J o u r n a l o f
M u l t i d i m e n s i o n a l
R e s e a r c h
( A J M R )
( D ou b l e B li n d R ef e r e e d & R e vi e w e d I n te r n a ti on a l J ou r n a l )UGC A PPRO VED JO URN AL
PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FACED IN INSTALLING
INSTITUTIONAL BIOGAS PLANTS
D.Sumathi*; Sathyavathimuthu**
*Assistant Professor,
Department of Resource Management, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and
Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, INDIA.
**Professor (Rtd),
Department of Resource Management, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and
Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, INDIA.
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ABSTRACT
The conventional energy sources of the world like coal and petroleum are diminishing fast. It has to be realized that the world‟s pantry of non-renewable natural resources does indeed have a bottom shelf. The treasury of natural gas, petroleum and coal will be exhausted one day. With the finite and rapidly depleting resources of oil, coal and natural gas, it has become a primary issue to find sources of renewable energy and its methods to reap them. The energy crisis has waked up to realise the fact that dependence on only one type of energy is not a right decision
(Hazra, 2011). It is right time to solve the issue of energy crisis through wise use of readily available renewable energy resources like biomass, geothermal, solar and wind energy. A constant effort has to be taken to bring back the socio-ecological balance of nature in order to use the resources optimally and control the available resources. It is also very important to design the waste management system (Chaturvedi, 2000). Among the wide range of technologies available for treating municipal solid waste, bio-methanation appears to be the advantageous as it results in the manufacture of methane rich gas (biogas), a substitute of conventional fuel which is again used as organic fertilizer. This technique is also applicable for converting the wastes generated from public places such as markets, communities, hotels, hostels and other institutions for converting energy without any contamination which can be used as organic manure. Hence, an attempt has been made to study the appropriateness of Institutional Biogas Plant in solving energy crisis.
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KEYWORDS: Energy crisis, Waste management system, Conventional fuel, Institutional Biogas Plants
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INTRODUCTION:
The rapid rise in population, the awareness to improve the standard of living has resulted increasingly the energy needs constantly. To cope with the increasing needs of the population, a number of infrastructural facilities such as educational institutions, restaurants, industries, hospitals are established. The mushroom growth of educational institutions and industries at the outskirts of the city with attached hostels and canteens consumes enormous quantity of fossil fuels for catering to the needs of the inmates. The enormous waste generated in these hostels and canteens in the form of vegetable waste, leftover food and other organic waste should be channelized in an appropriate way to generate fuel, fertilizer and promote a clean environment. In this context, the concerned authorities should conscientious their thought in utilizing organic waste for recovering energy to meet their cooking requirements in institutions for energy security and cleaner and safer environment. For facilitating better use of organic waste in large scale establishments, Institutional Biogas Plants are one convenient, cost effective and operationally viable device. Hence, an attempt has been made to study the appropriateness of Institutional Biogas Plants (IBP) in solving energy crisis.