Organic Framing

Introduction

• Agricultural wastes can be considered to include crop after harvest and primary processing, tree residues, organic / plant residues from social forestry, animal excreta and processing left over from the slaughter.
• Lower and agro-industrial wastes. Thus, agricultural wastes comprise all organic wastes produced and disposed off or used in primary agricultural production.
• It is estimated that these organic wastes available in India can supply about 7.1, 3.0 and 7.6 mt of N, P2O5 and K2O, respectively.
• The important organic wastes potential in India:

Particulars of Waste	Quantity (Metric Tonn)
Animal Wastes	2018
Crop Residues	407
Municipal Wastes	29
Rice Husk	15
Rice Bran	2.5
Bagasse	5.3
Press Mud	2.0
Swa Dust	2.2

• Conversion of all the available organic wastes in India can yield 2014 mt of solid organic manure.
• 700 mt of plant biomass.
• 2000 mt animal excreta including humans.
• Chinese are most efficient in recycling all organic wastes.