Leveraging Potential of Dung for Energy Security and Sustainable Agriculture

Anil Kumar and Pratap S. Birthal

No 358873, Policy Briefs from ICAR National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP)

Abstract: In developing countries, rural communities have long recognized the importance of dung as a source of renewable energy for domestic purposes and organic fertilizers for crop production. However, the utility of dung, both as a source of energy and fertilizers, has diminished owing to the increasing use of chemical fertilizers and fossil fuels, rendering it a less essential resource and a potential environmental contaminant. Nevertheless, owing to their increasingly negative externalities on natural resources and the environment, a new perspective has emerged on the utility of dung as biogas and bio-compressed natural gas (CNG), while maintaining its traditional use as an organic fertiilizer.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Supply Chain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.358873

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