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Leveraging Potential of Dung for Energy Security and Sustainable Agriculture

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  • Kumar, Anil
  • Birthal, Pratap S.

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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.

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  • Kumar, Anil & Birthal, Pratap S., "undated". "Leveraging Potential of Dung for Energy Security and Sustainable Agriculture," Policy Briefs 358873, ICAR National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:icarpb:358873
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.358873
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