New Delhi: Hisar based Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University has been constantly working towards the management of paddy straw. Now with an objective to establish collaboration in research over paddy and paddy straw, the State University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Fortum India, a Finnish clean energy company.
Fortum’s partnership with HAU will include deepening the understanding of the theoretical and practical knowledge and expertise in the areas of studying the properties of rice straw and other agri-biomass, its availability, socio-economic impact, probable supply chain and other possible areas of support, in the State of Haryana.
Prof. K.P. Singh, Vice-Chancellor, HAU, while expressing his thoughts over the MoU, said, “This will give more thrust to the university’s crop residue management program. The university is striving not only for the proper management of crop residues but also for the fair value of everything coming out of the farm.”
“At the university, we are establishing an Innovation Centre for Agri waste Management (ICAWM). ICAWM aims to identify, synergistically develop and propagate circular economy based innovative technologies for conversion of crop residue into eco- friendly, technically efficient and economically viable Bio-waste value added products. We hope together we can find holistic solutions which will help in uplifting the farmer’s lives.” he added.
