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Poverty + Development

Maharashtra, Punjab top producers of green energy from farm waste

In India's Satara district, molasses from sugarcane is processed to generate power and also used as fertiliser for crops.

October 6, 2015
by HINDUSTAN TIMES/

Three years ago, when representatives from Sukhbir Agro approached farmers in Punjab proposing they sell their farm waste to the company to generate bio-energy, no one believed them.

“They proposed to buy our waste… We didn’t believe them,” said Amolak Singh, a farmer.

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However, as the farmers slowly came around to the idea the green benefits of this move became apparent.

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