The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and Sustain Plus, a City-based NGO, have joined hands to roll out a circular dairy programme that would install 10,000 biogas plants across 15 states in India, including Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.
Ganesh Neelam, Director, Sustain Plus announcing the partnership with NDDB said: “Our latest with NDDB aims to empower dairy farmers, particularly women, by providing access to clean cooking fuel and nutrient-rich bio-slurry for soil enrichment. We have signed MoUs with over 26 milk unions across 15 states in India.’‘
The NDDB-Sustain Plus partnership would directly benefit dairy farmers across multiple states, enabling them with better manure management, renewable energy adoption, and improved dairy infrastructure. By integrating biogas plants, solar-powered dairy operations, and efficient milk collection systems, the programme would help reduce input costs, improve soil health for dairy farmers, provide clean cooking fuel to rural households, and create new income opportunities through organic fertiliser and carbon credits, said an official communique.
According to the statement, in the next four years, 10,000 biogas digesters installed across multiple states would generate three lakh tonnes of organic slurry annually, improving soil health and reducing the need for chemical fertilisers. They would also produce more than 7 million cubic meters of biogas every year, providing clean cooking fuel to 10,000 rural households across the country. In addition, the programme would enable the production of nearly 60,000 tonnes of Phosphate Rich Organic Manure (PROM) each year, replacing an equivalent quantity of chemical phosphate fertilisers, further supporting affordable and sustainable farming practices, it stated.
Published - March 04, 2025 08:43 pm IST
