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Eco friendly cow dung pot for nursery (grassroots green technology )

Implementing Organization

Gujarat Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network (GIAN), India

Innovator Details

Name of Innovator
Shri Gopalbhai Surtia

About

In nurseries, conventionally plastic bags are used to grow the plant saplings. There are many disadvantages associated with the plastic bags like not being bio-degradable, having nil porosity, and hence not being eco friendly. Moreover, after germination, the bag has to be torn off to facilitate root growth and in case the bag is not torn properly the plant gets damaged.

Benefits

The pot is bio-degradable and fertile and the manufacturing process does not cause pollution.Water absorption rate by the pot is very slow and therefore prevents leaching of nutrients. The growth of the plant is faster in cow dung pot than the other/normal pots. This can be also used for sowing costly seeds directly in the field to get maximum germination and growth of the plants/saplings.
Funding Organization
Funding Organization
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India
Quick Information
Area of Research
Engineering Sciences
State
Gujarat
National Mission
Swachh Bharat
Contact
Vadodara
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