Compost Booster for Cold Region

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Implementing Organization

Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT)

Project Overview

With increasing focus on organic farming in states adjoining the Himalayan range, the market potential for compost booster targeting the cold region is expected to be huge. In this context, CSIR-IHBT has developed a compost booster that can be applied to range of waste substrates such as kitchen waste, human/animal waste and agro residues.

Benefits

The salient features of the product are:
Ready to use formulation
, Contains cold tolerant hydrolytic bacteria
, Supplemented with biofertilizer
, Bacteria encapsulated with effective carrier material
, Enhanced nitrogen fixing, phosphate solubilisation and potash mobilization properties
, Reduced foul odour during composting process
Suitable for organic cultivation

Source

Source URL

www.ihbt.res.in

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Thrust Areas

Agricultural Sciences

Focus Area

Organic Compost Booster

director@ihbt.res.in

Source Title

www.ihbt.res.in

Output

TRL: Technology Readiness Level

Technology Demonstration

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