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No. 1488Problem statementAgriculture and food

Prevent Food Waste in India

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Source summary

Improve farmer storage practices; provide transport and storage; redistribute leftover food from events; establish compost plants.

No. 003Opportunity areaAgriculture and food

Agri-Food Waste Technology

The taxonomy includes waste-to-feed, waste-to-agricultural-input, waste-to-energy, and waste-to-packaging solutions.

No. 1042Problem statementAgriculture and food

Affordable, Sustainable, and User-friendly Solutions for Semen Dose Storage and Distribution

Explore affordable, durable and easily carried storage/distribution of animal semen doses while preserving the cold chain from production centres to farmers. The source identifies nitrogen losses, expense, handling hazards and bulky containers as current problems. Consider alternative storage methods or improvements in vessel design, materials and insulation. Here AI in the source means artificial insemination, not artificial intelligence.

No. 1211Problem statementAgriculture and food

GOBARdhan - Low-cost kits to measure nutrient content of F/L OM

Develop simple, affordable kits measuring nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and other important nutrients in fermented/liquid organic manure or bio-slurry. Intended users are small farmers making village-level application decisions where existing tests are costly or complex. Reliable nutrient readings are required; soil/yield benefits remain outcomes to investigate.